1. November 16, 2017
U.S. History Agenda:
NOTES #22: What occurred during the Civil War?
CIVIL WAR OPEN-NOTES TEST (BASED ON NOTES #s 21 and 22)
FILM: “Glory”

2. What occurred during the Civil War? Notes #22

3. President Abraham Lincoln opposed the secession of the Southern states, arguing that the U.S. government was a union of people and not of states.
President Abraham
Lincoln (1861–1865)

4. Lincoln justified fighting the Civil War by stating that his oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union (U.S.).
Confederacy (South) attacks and seizes Fort Sumter,
in South Carolina (April 12–14, 1861); Civil War begins

5. Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863); over 45,000 casualties
The Civil War occurred from 1861 to 1865 and resulted in over 600,000 Americans being killed by diseases or new military technologies.
Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863); over 45,000 casualties

6. During the Civil War, the North had more human resources and war materials.
Union army (North/U.S.)

7. However, the South had superior military leadership.
General
Robert E. Lee
General
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate President
Jefferson Davis 

8. Signing the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
In 1863, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to free all of the slaves in the South and help the North win the Civil War by adding a humanitarian objective to it.
Signing the Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

9. By 1865, the North was able to win the Civil War after it employed better military leaders and strategies.
(Union) General
Ulysses S. Grant
General Lee surrenders to General Grant at
Appomattox Court House in Virginia (April 9, 1865)