Wednesday, April Update your Table of Contents if you did not on Thursday DateEntry TitleEntry # 4/11Civil War Causes Worksheet52 4/12STAAR Review53 4/13Civil War movie54 4/18Lincoln v. Davis Venn Diagram55 2. Get out your Civil War packet from yesterday

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VII. The Gettysburg Address

VII. The Gettysburg Address A. Nov. 19, 1863, Lincoln gave a 2 minute speech dedicating the battle ground as a national cemetery to the men who had died there. In it he says: 1. The founders of our country believed that all men are created equal. (“Four score and seven years ago…”) 2. He questions if the US will survive as a nation. 3. The cemetery is dedicated to the soldiers who are buried there. 4. No one will remember this speech, but will remember those who died here. 5. The war must continue in order to preserve the Union. (“and that government of the people…by the people… for the people…shall not perish from the earth.”)

VIII. The Election of 1864 A. Pres. Lincoln defeats Gen. George McClellan with 55% and 212 electoral votes. B. On March 4, 1865, Lincoln gave his 2nd Inaugural Address. In it he said: “With malice toward none, with charity for all…let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds…to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

IX. The Final Phase A. Sherman’s March to the Sea 1. He marched from Atlanta to Savannah, GA using “total war” tactics- destroy anything & everything that the South may be able to use.

B. The Fall of Richmond 1. On April 2, 1865, Grant (N) broke thru Lee’s (S) line of troops. 2. Many of the people living in Richmond fled and burned most of their city down.

X. Surrender! A. On April 9, 1865, Gen. Lee and his troops surrender to Gen. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. B. Terms of surrender: 1. Rebels had to lay down their arms 2. They could keep their horses 3. Could not join military again 4. There would be no jailing or hanging 5. South would not be punished C. The War is over!

XI. The Assassination A. April 14, 1865, 5 days after the war ended, Lincoln and his wife attended a play at Ford’s Theatre in Wash. D.C. B. As he watched the play, John Wilkes Booth came in from behind & shot him in the back of the head. A few hours later, he was dead. C. Booth escaped to VA where he was cornered by the Union Army in a barn. He would not surrender, and so he was shot to death

XII. The Amendments A. These were passed during Reconstruction: 1. 13th Amendment- abolished slavery, Dec. 18, th Amendment- granted blacks citizenship, July 28, th amendment- gave blacks the right to vote, March 30, Reconstruction ended when Pres. Hayes removed federal troops from the South in 1877.

XIII. Lincoln’s Speeches A. 1st Inaugural Address, told south he did not want to end slavery, just not to let it spread; & if a war starts, it’s the south’s fault. B. Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, freed slaves in the south only. C. Gettysburg Address, remember those that had died & save the Union. D. 2nd Inaugural Address, sin of slavery & how North & South were being punished for slavery.

What do I do now? 1.Turn to your next entry in your spiral and title it: Lincoln v. Davis 2.Read the biographies of both men and compare and contrast by completing a Venn Diagram