1. Lincoln’s Presidency

2. SSUSH 9
b. Describe President Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers, such as his decision to suspend habeas corpus. c. Describe the roles of Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William T. Sherman, and Jefferson Davis. d. Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta. e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.

3. Bell Ringer Examine the Photo: Who is the woman? Who are the two men?
What is ironic about the picture?

4. What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Essential Question
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Example:
[EQ Goes Here]
I believe that the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation was…blah blah, blah.
I believe this because…blah blah blah, blah blah [in other words, the evidence for your belief]
Simply read the Emancipation Proclamation and/or the commentary handout and formulate your own opinion
The more serious you take this the better your answer will be

5. Suspension of Habeas Corpus Emancipation Proclamation
Essential Question -
What efforts did President Lincoln make to preserve the Union during the Civil War?
Examine:
Second Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Speech
Use of emergency powers such as the suspension of habeas corpus
Emancipation Proclamation
[EQ Goes Here]
Effort Description
2nd Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Speech
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
On the Back of Page 5
Evaluate the character of Abraham Lincoln
Saint or Sinner?
Emancipation Proclamation

6. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865
During his inauguration at the start of his second term as President of the United States
Lincoln did not speak of happiness, but of sadness
Some see this speech as a defense of his pragmatic approach to Reconstruction, in which he sought to avoid harsh treatment of the defeated South by reminding his listeners of how wrong both sides had been in imagining what lay before them when the war began four years earlier.
Lincoln balanced that rejection of triumphalism, however, with a recognition of the unmistakable evil of slavery, which he described in the most concrete terms possible
Unbeknownst to him, John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, George Atzerodt, Lewis Paine, John Surratt and Edmund Spangler, a few of the conspirators involved with his assassination were present in the crowd at the inauguration.

7. Lincoln suspends habeas corpus (1862)
The writs of habeas corpus are a person’s right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given a trial
Lincoln suspended these common rights in an effort to stop anyone from supporting the Confederate cause and to prevent those who encouraged others to resist the draft (conscription)
The suspension of habeas corpus was the result of draft riots in many
northern cities

8. Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln, amid growing war casualties, used the Union victory at Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862.
The Proclamation:
freed only those slaves in the states in rebellion
did not free the slaves in the border states
gave the Union Army another reason to fight: the liberation of slaves
Which slave states were
unaffected by the Proclamation?
Why did Lincoln plan this?

9. Gettysburg Address
In November 1863, Lincoln gave his now famous speech at Gettysburg to dedicate the Gettysburg National Cemetery
Lincoln used the speech to redefine the purpose of fighting the war: the reunification of the Union

10. Lincoln: Saint or Sinner?
After all is said and done – how do you feel about Lincoln?
Has your opinion of Lincoln changed in any way?
Do you feel like you’ve been duped? Bamboozled? Hoodwinked?