The Civil War
Starter: Thursday, March 1
1. What issue is addressed by almost all the parties shown on the chart?
2. Which party believes in nativism? (Hint: refer to your definitions to refresh your understanding of what nativism is)
3. How do you think the number of parties with candidates running in elections affects the election?
Analyze the chart “Major Political Parties 1850-1860” on page 320.
Answer the questions below:
Starter: Monday, March 5Across
(Roger) TaneyBleedingBuchananSumner
RepublicanTreason
(Dred) ScottImmoral
(Jefferson) Davis(Henry) Clay
Down(Harriet) Tubman
LincolnDouglasGreeley
Free SoilNativism
(John) BrownSlavery
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
1. What is Mary Chestnut’s attitude toward the North? Explain.
2. What does Mary Chestnut say about her conversation with President Jefferson Davis?
3. Describe life in the South during the Civil War.
War Outside My Window: Mary
Chestnut’s Diary of the Civil War
Starter 9/22
• Return to groups and complete charts
• Make sure you have all the information:
• Name of event
• Date(s)
• Brief Account
• Who won
• Significance
The Union vs. The Confederate States of
AmericaThe Union (USA)• The North• Blue• President: Abraham
Lincoln• Capital: Washington, DC• Commander(s): George McClellan; Ulysses S. Grant* GOAL: preserve the Union
The Confederate States of America (The Confederacy)• The South• Gray• President:
Jefferson Davis•Capital:
Richmond, Va.•Commander:
Robert E. Lee•GOAL: preserve states’
rights
AdvantagesSouthern Advantages
• Profits from “King Cotton” provided money for the war effort
• Great military leaders & a strong military tradition
• Soldiers fighting for a “cause” who were highly motivated
Northern Advantages• Larger population so
more fighting power• More factories to
produce war goods• More food production• Extensive railroad system
to transport goods and troops
• Lincoln was a skilled leader
Anaconda PlanThe Union devised a three part
plan to conquer the South:1. Blockade Southern ports with
ships so the South could not export or import;
2. Control the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half; and,
3. Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Va.
Important Battles PosterMake a poster about your battle
to include the following:
Name of the battleDates of the battle
Brief account of what happened during the battle
Who won?Why is the battle important to the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Alisha ChrisTashira
Bull RunJasonLexusJordan
ShilohRachealTabithaDamontra
AntietamRoxannaKeta
Gettysburg
SchleyErica
VickburgBrittaneCarlos Mo
Appomattox
ChelseyCarlos Mc
Fort Sumter
DeannaTroyTravis
Bull RunAngeloTia
ShilohMiguelCheryl
AntietamErinVictor
Gettysburg
JoshAngelica
Vicksburg
MichaelCandace
Appomattox
BrandonTiffany
Starter 9/22
• Return to your groups from Friday. Make sure you have included all required information about your battle:
• Name,
• Dates,
• Brief account,
• Who won,
• Why it is important
Fort Sumter
• It was considered a Southern victory
• Lincoln called for volunteers to fight in the war
• The Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, SC on April 12-13, 1861
• These were the first shots fired of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run• The Battle of Bull
Run was fought on July 21, 1861 in Virginia
• Confederacy led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (he stood firm against the Union like a “stone wall”)
• The South won!• This was a major
morale boost
Shiloh• The Battle of Shiloh was fought on
April 7, 1862 in Tennessee (considered a “western” battle)
• It is significant because it showed the importance of sending out scouts, digging trenches, and building forts•Union Victory
The Battles of Bull Run & Shiloh proved that the war would be a long one… everyone believed, at first, that
the war would be quick!
Antietam• The Battle of Antietam was on
September 17, 1862 in Antietam, Maryland
• It was the bloodiest single day battle in US History• Northern victory
• Lincoln fired Union commander George McClellan because he was too cautious and not aggressive enough
You’refired
Gettysburg• The Battle of Gettysburg was on
July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• This was turning point of the war, because the South never won another battle
• Gettysburg Address by Lincoln united the nation after this war (see page 1048)
Vicksburg• The Battle of Vicksburg was fought
on July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi
• Union victory!• The Union accomplished its goal of cutting the Confederacy in two by seizing the Mississippi River (Anaconda Plan)
Appomattox Court House• On April 9, 1865, Southern
commander Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
Using your textbook:• You and a partner should create a minibook on
the following Civil War leaders
• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• WT Sherman• US Grant
• RE Lee
• G McClellan
• Stonewall Jackson
• Information should include a visual depiction (picture)
• Union or Confederacy
• Leader’s Role
• Ideas
• Actions
• Importance to Civil War
General Robert E. Lee
1. List some of Lee’s military accomplishments.
2. What was Lee’s “agonizing decision”?
3. How did Lee feel about the North?
4. Your opinion: Is Robert E. Lee a Southern hero or an American hero? Explain.
William Tecumseh Sherman• Sherman was a Union
commander• Believed in the concept
of total war (fighting the civilian population, because they helped support military effort)
• Sherman marched Union troops through the South, to Atlanta, burning everything in his path
Effects of the Civil War
•Established the supremacy of federal authority over the states
•Eventually, slavery was abolished, through legislation (13th Amendment)
•No state would ever try to secede from the Union again
Civil War Test• Causes of the Civil War (the
expansion of slavery was a KEY issue)
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin significance
• Underground RR & Harriet Tubman
• Dred Scott case significance• Significance of Kansas-
Nebraska Act• Southern reaction to
Lincoln’s election• Southern
advantages/Northern advantages
• Robert’s E. Lee’s choice to lead the South
• Anaconda Plan• Why McClellan was fired• Significance of ALL the
battles• Goal of Lincoln in the Civil
War• Purpose of the Gettysburg
Address• Purpose of the Emancipation
Proclamation• General William T. Sherman• Effects of the Civil War
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