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What will we learn today? What will we learn today? Standard 11.1.3 The history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization. Standard 11.1.4 The effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction Early America to Civil War President James Monroe was among many people who believed the best solution to slavery was to take all African Americans on ships and resettle them in Africa. Good idea or bad idea?
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Beginning around 1500, European colonists in America who needed cheap labor began using enslaved Africans on plantations and farms. In the United States slave labor was used for field crops, such as cotton, and tobacco.
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By the 19 th century there were 1.5 million enslaved people in the United States –Would increase to 4 million Most of them were in the Southern United States
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There were many that felt slavery was wrong. The Abolitionist movement help bring attention to enslaved peoples plight. Quakers & Baptists along with other religious groups said it was immoral. Others said it opposed the idea of equality in Dec. of Ind.
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The abolitionist movement started in the early 1800s, the movement called for abolition, or immediate end to slavery The movement pitted the North against South And helped bring the Civil war
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Wade in the Water Wade in the Water (Chorus) Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water. God's gonna trouble the water. (Chorus) Wade in the water. Wade in the water, children. Wade in the water. God's gonna trouble the water. Well, who are these children all dressed in red? God's a-gonna trouble the water Must be the children that Moses led God's a-gonna trouble the water. Well, who are these children all dressed in red? God's a-gonna trouble the water Must be the children that Moses led God's a-gonna trouble the water. Chorus Chorus Who's that young girl dressed in white Wade in the Water Must be the Children of Israelites God's gonna trouble the Water. Who's that young girl dressed in white Wade in the Water Must be the Children of Israelites God's gonna trouble the Water. Chorus Chorus Jordan's water is chilly and cold. God's gonna trouble the water. It chills the body, but not the soul. God's gonna trouble the water. Jordan's water is chilly and cold. God's gonna trouble the water. It chills the body, but not the soul. God's gonna trouble the water. Chorus Chorus If you get there before I do. God's gonna trouble the water. Tell all of my friends I'm coming too. God's gonna trouble the water. If you get there before I do. God's gonna trouble the water. Tell all of my friends I'm coming too. God's gonna trouble the water. Chorus Chorus The very title of ‘Wade in the Water’ is advice to the runaways on how to avoid being tracked by bloodhounds. The reference to ‘Jordan’ could well be the Promised Land, in this case land where slavery didn’t exist, like Canada. ‘It chills my body, but not my soul’ is reference to the physical discomforts that the journey will take, but at the same time is trying to bolster the spirits
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Underground Railroad: “network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for escaped slaves”. Conductors offered hiding places at ‘stations’ (homes) & would send word to the next station that a group was coming.
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What reform movement of the early 1800s wanted an immediate end to slavery ? Abolitionist Movement
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What 2 religious groups supported the Abolitionist Movement? Quakers and Baptists
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What was the Underground Railroad? “network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for escaped slaves”.
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Harriet Tubman- famous ‘conductor’ Was a runaway slave Again and again she risked journeys into the slaves states to bring men and women out. Saved as many as 200 people
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Dred Scott was a slave in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom –He was considered property not a citizen His case was based on the fact that he had lived in states and territories where slavery was illegal
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Fredrick Douglass Escaped from slavery Published his own anti-slavery newspaper and an autobiography
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John Brown On October 16, 1859, he led 18 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. His plan to arm slaves with the weapons Within 36 hours of the attack, most of Brown's men had been killed or captured. He was sentenced to death
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What slave sued for his freedom? Dred Scott
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"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it."
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1.Disagreement over the legality, morality, and politics of slavery 2.John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry polarized North and South 3.Southerners viewed Lincoln’s election as a threat to their society, culture, and lives 4.Southern States seceded from the Union 5.Attack on Fort Sumter
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Lincoln tried to avoid war Addressed seceding states directly promised not to eliminate slavery where it already existed Plea for reconciliation But the confederates bombed Fort Sumter Civil War had begun- April 13, 1861
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Union-NORTH Lead by Lincoln Confederate- SOUTH Lead by Davis VS.
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Northerners began to agree that slavery had to end To punish the South and to make the soldiers fighting worth while September 22, 1862- Lincoln issued the proclamation Freeing all enslaved people in states of war –But not all states He’ll emancipate the “ish” out of you!
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Who was President during the American Civil War? Abraham Lincoln
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What are the 5 major causes of the Civil War ? 1.Disagreement over slavery 2.John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry 3.Lincoln elected 4.Southern States seceded from the Union 5.Attack on Fort Sumter
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Why did Southerners not want Lincoln elected? Though it would threaten slavery in the South
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What was the Emancipation Proclimation? Freed all enslaved people in states of war
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Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all American slaves? No, some southern states that didn’t secede were allowed to keep their slaves (for now)
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Women served as nurses in the battlefield
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Company E,4th U.S. Colored Infantry, Washington D.C. Serving in segregated units like the one shown here, Blacks fought in nearly 500 Civil War battles.
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After 4 years of battle South surrenders 13 th amendment is passed banning slavery in the United States
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Rev. War- 25,000 Civil War- 620,000 WWI- 107,00 WW2- 407,000 Korean War- 36,500 Vietnam War- 58,000 Most of the Civil War deaths were due to disease.
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Civil War Deaths Compared
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It is transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with feces from an infected person Did you know that germs were unheard of during the Civil War, and men would drink out of water that thirty yards upstream, a man relieved himself in? Surgeons never washed their hands after an operation, because all blood was assumed to be the same, nor did he wash his instruments.
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What Amendment banned slavery? 13 th Amendment
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What were most of the civil war deaths due to? disease
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Summary Essential Question: What were the real causes of the Civil War?
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