Civil War Begins
Focusing Points Why did the South secede from the Union? What were some advantages and disadvantages of the North and South? What was the significance of both the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamations?
Everything changes: Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 Republican Party- Abraham Lincoln Anti-slavery Northern Democratic Party- Stephen Douglas Popular Sovereignty Southern Democratic Party- John C. Breckinridge Pro-Slavery Constitutional Union- John Bell Protect Union Because the Democratic Party is split, Republican Abraham Lincoln wins the election of 1860 Showed how split the nation really was
The Confederacy is Born Lincoln’s victory at the Election of 1860 leads to Southern secession Secession- to break away from a union Jefferson Davis is named President of the Confederate States of America
South Carolina Secedes “On the 4th of March next, a new administration will take possession of the Government. It has announced… that war must be waged against slavery until it shall cease throughout the United States…. What is South Carolina’s problem? Believes that the US Government is going to take slavery away
“ The Guarantee of the Constitution will then no longer exist; equal rights of the States will be lost. The slaveholding states will no longer have the power of self-government, or self-protection, and the federal government will have become their enemy.” What is South Carolina worried about losing? States’ Rights
Abraham Lincoln Inaugural Address “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have been strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels. -March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln What is Honest Abe saying here? We must preserve the union
War Begins At the start of the war. Lincoln’s primary goal was to preserve the union
First battle of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, SC The Civil War Begins… First battle of the Civil War at Fort Sumter, SC Southern rebels attack Union fort in South Carolina
The North’s Strategy Winfield Scott devised what was known as the Anaconda Plan The purpose of the strategy was to blockade Southern ports keeping valuable resources out of the South
North vs. South: Tale of the Tape Advantages Disadvantages
Robert E. Lee “With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the army, and save in defense of my native state… I hope I may never be called upon to draw my sword.” -April 20, 1861
Conscription Act of 1862 The Union started a draft to bring new troops into the Union Army It directly led to the New York Draft Riots
New York Draft Riots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJ_OOKQVrU
Civil Liberties during the Civil War Some northerners opposed Lincoln, the Civil War, and its cause. Those northerners were known as Copperheads In response, Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus- Reason for Imprisonment Lincoln does this to remove any threat to the preservation of the union
Lincoln’s Power writing assignment During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus in the Border States meaning he could put people in jail with little to no reason. Do you feel the President should have the authority to arrest people who could be a threat to the United States without cause or without being charged a crime in times of war? Please respond to the question with an ACES paragraph.
Knights Charge 12/12 What was Abraham Lincoln’s primary goal at the start of the Civil War? Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? What was the North’s Strategy called? What was an advantage and disadvantage for the North and South? What was the Conscription Act of 1863? How did the North respond?