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1 st Quarter: Using Handout, 11-1 and textbook pg. 338. Analyze the graphs and then answer the following questions. o Which side, the Union or Confederacy, had an advantage based on Industrial Production? o What side do you believe will win the war and why?
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Key Legislation on the Issue of Slavery -How the Union repeatedly tried not to get a divorce
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Union: 23 states 22 million people 80% of nation’s factories 90% of nation’s skilled workers Extensive railroad power and naval system 70% of the nation’s wealth Few experienced military leaders Confederacy 11 states + bordering territories 9 million people (3.5 were slaves) Agrarian society Less than 30% of nation’s railroad Dependent on imports, cannot tax citizens directly Superior military leadership
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CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR Key Legislation on the issue of Slavery
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Missouri Compromise (1820) Maine admitted as free state Missouri admitted as a slave – Preserves sectional balance in the senate b/w slave states and free states Louisiana Territory divided in ½ @ the 36”30’ – North of the line is free – South of the line is slave
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Wilmont Proviso (1846) After war w/ Mexico & Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – California, Utah, New Mexico are closed to slavery forever Argument b/w free-soilers and slave owners – Free-soilers do not own slaves, farm, and are against the institution of slavery
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Compromise of 1850 California admitted to the Union as a free state Utah and New Mexico territories decide about slavery Sale of slaves banned in D.C. Fugitive Slave Act required people in free states to help capture and return escaped slaves Establishes Popular Sovereignty
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Popular Sovereignty The right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery when becoming a state.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) Divides territory in ½ – Nebraska to the North – Kansas to the South Repeals the Missouri Compromise Tests the policy of popular sovereignty – Violence erupts – People are murdered – Nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas
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Homework Activity - Researching the Civil War o If you want a 'C' Just Research: The 4 battles on 11-Ft. Sumter, Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam o If you want a 'B' Just Research: the 4 battles on 11, and explain the significance of the Anaconda Plan and David G. Farragut. o If you want a 'A' Just Research: the 4 battles on 11, and explain the significance of the Anaconda Plan and David G. Farragut. And the Battle of Vicksburg and Gettysburg
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PICTURE WALK RAM Block
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THE CIVIL WAR “A house divided cannot stand” - Abraham Lincoln
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Causes of Civil War Long-Term Causes Conflict over Slavery in territories Economic differences b/w North and South – Tariffs of 1816, 1828, 1832 Conflict b/w states’ rights and Fed. Control – Tariffs, slavery Immediate Cause Election of Lincoln – South feels that their political voice will no longer be heard Secession of Southern States Firing on Ft. Sumter
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The Civil War Key Battles Shiloh – Both sides realized the war was going to be long, need to send out scouts, dig trenches, build fortifications Gettysburg – Turning Point of War – Crippled Lee’s Army Gettysburg Address – North will now fight the war to end slavery Emancipation Proclamation – Freed all slaves behind confederate lines
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Immediate Effects Abolition of Slavery Widening gap b/w northern and southern economies South is physically destroyed – Sherman's MarchMarch Reunification of the country
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Long-term Effects Reconstruction of the South Industrial Boom Increased Federal Authority
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1 st Quarter 1.) What is a carpetbagger? 2.) What is a scallywag? 3.) Looking at p., how does the political cartoon depict the carpetbagger?
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RECONSTRUCTION “If you build it, they will come…”
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RECONSTRUCTION 4 CORNERS
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Reconstruction & Its Effects The period after the Civil War where the Federal gov’t rebuilt the South & The process that the Fed. Gov’t used to readmit the Confederate states back into the Union
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Foundations President Lincoln & Johnson proposed lenient policies toward the former Confederate states – Lincoln did not want to punish the south! – John Wilkes Booth assassinates Lincoln
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Foundations Radical Republicans gain control of Congress and pass the Reconstruction Act of 1867 – Abolished Gov'ts formed in the former Confederate states – Divided those states into five military districts – Setup process for states readmission to Union
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Foundations Conflict over approach to reconstruction leads Congress to impeach Johnson
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Progress States ratify the 14th & 15th Amendments – 14th- Makes all persons citizens “born or naturalized in the US” – 15th- No one can be kept from voting b/c of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
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Progress Republicans control most state gov’ts in the South States start public works programs and public schools Former slaves reunite families, work for wages, and build A.A. culture.
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Collapse War debt and low demand for cotton slow the South’s recovery – North and Britain no longer need Southern cotton A.A. terrorized by racial violence – The Ku Klux Klan formed 1866 – Group membership spread rapidly Goal to restore white supremacy
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Collapse Supreme Court decisions undermine 14th & 15th amendments Rep. Party is weakened by internal conflicts, scandal, and financial panic Republicans withdraw troops from the South to get Hayes the presidency in 1876 Democrats control the gov’ts, weaken civil rights, & eliminate public school & programs
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Sharecropping (The New Slavery) Copy chart from board.
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Civil War Letter 1)Assume the role of a Civil War key figure. 2)Write a letter depicting your current situation or intentions. 3)Letters must be historically accurate (i.e. KKK member will not apologize for black codes) Key figures ideas: LincolnRed Cross nurseScalLywag JohnsonRadical Republican KKK memberCarpetbagger
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