Civil War and Reconstruction SS8H6 b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War, Include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville. c. Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau, sharecropping and tenant farming, Reconstruction plans, 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments to the Constitution, Henry McNeal Turner and the Ku Klux Klan.

The War Begins in 1861 In April of 1861, after South Carolina fights to keep Ft. Sumter, four more states secede from the Union and the Confederate States of America, CSA is formed.

Lincoln tries to Preserve the Union Even though he faces opposition, Lincoln focuses on the preservation of the United States, (the Union) He does not agree with slavery but does not want to initially push the issue He takes volunteers and also begins using a draft to built up the army. Both sides think if there is war, it will end quickly

The Confederacy President-Jefferson Davis Vice President- Alexander Stephens (from GA) The cabinet of the Confederate States at Montgomery, 1861 June 1, Harpers Weekly

Resources of Each Side NorthSouth 23 states 22 million people Trained army and navy 22,000 miles of Railroad track 100,000 factories with 1.1 million workers 11 states 9 million people(about 4 million were slaves) No standing army or navy 9,000 miles of Railroad track 20,000 factories with 100,000 workers

War Strategies NorthernSouthern Anaconda Plan with a blockade of Confederate ports including the Mississippi River (to prevent southern trade with foreign countries) Capture the Confederate capitol of Richmond Destroy the Confederates on the battlefield Lay waste to the land so Southerners would stop supporting the war King Cotton Diplomacy- support from England and France who trade cotton for their textile mills Wear down the invading Union and weaken Northern support for the war Sink Union ships and evade the blockade to continue trading and keep the ports open Win a strategic victory on Union Soil

Famous leader from the North U.S. Grant gen. U.S.A Graduated West Point in 1843 Spent much of the Civil War in the Western Campaign Aggressor/victor in the Battle of Shiloh and Vicksburg Became the Commanding General of the United States Army from 1864 to 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Elected the 18 th President

Sherman, a Northern Leader Maj. Gen.Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, after capturing Atlanta in 1864, led his “March to the Sea”William Tecumseh Sherman

Brady, Mathew B., ca Brady, Mathew B., ca ,photographer General Robert E. Lee Graduated top in his class from West Point and served on its faculty Spent 32 years in the U.S. Army Asked by Lincoln to serve as Commander of the Union Army Declined this offer when his home State of VA seceded Became senior military advisor to President Davis of the CSA Later became the commander of the Confederate eastern army or “The Army of Northern Virginia” Loved by his troops and considered one of the best military minds of his time Surrendered to Grant at AppomattoxAppomattox Court HouseCourt House on April 9, 1865

Graduated from West Point in 1846, and served in the U.S. Army Corp commander of the Amy of Northern Virginia Gifted and brilliant military mind, became part of the faculty of VA Military Institute Shot at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died eight days later of pneumonia Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson