1. The Civil War
The North and the South

2. Bell Ringer
Technology during war, Conclusion?

3. Objectives
Analyze the Sumter crisis and the secession of the upper South.
Examine Lincoln as a wartime hero.

4. The Menace of Secession
Conflict is avoided unless provoked
Start a war to keep the country together?
Priority: preserve the Union
What would a split America look like?
Lincoln attempts to control Ft. Sumter

5. Border Blood North and South both rely on the border states
Lincoln uses martial law to persuade states
Relinquishing slavery proves beneficial for the North
Natives and outsiders are required to take a side

6. Advantages & Disadvantages
The South: leadership, military experience
The North: economy, territory, volunteers/enlistments

7. Dethroning King Cotton
South became dependent on foreign intervention
British take a pro-North position
The US convinces British to not get involved
French intervention in Mexico leads to puppet government

8. The Civil War
Davis v. Lincoln

9. Bell Ringer
“You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it.” ~Abraham Lincoln “The North needs proof of the earnestness of our intentions and our manhood. Experience shall be their teacher. Let them learn.” ~The Charleston Mercury “There is not one true son of the South who is not ready to shoulder his musket to bleed, to die or to conquer in the cause of liberty here.” ~Jefferson Davis “The war cannot much longer be conducted and held in check by politicians, whether in uniform or out.” ~The New York Tribune

10. Objective
Examine Lincoln as a wartime leader. Explain the role of women both on the homefront and on the battlefied.

11. Davis v. Lincoln Jefferson Davis Abraham Lincoln
Little experience with government
Difficulty controlling cabinet members
Had a problem solving mind, avoid war
Used religious leaders to reinforce policies
Speeches helped influence the North
Tended to make enemies easily
Experienced in the military
Led an unstable government
Wanted complete control
War victory state of mind
Failed at leading the Confederate army

12. Limitations on Liberties
Lincoln justifies actions by pointing to his goals
Habeas Corpus gives citizens in border states few options
Turned into a rich man’s war and a poor man’s fight, draft
Exemptions were allowed in North and South

13. Economic Stresses Tariff rates driven by the Morrill Tariff Act
The National Banking System establishes greenback currency
Millionaire class born out of war
Women start working, Clara Barton
The South is ruined by the war

14. Civil War: Beginning Battles
Battle Stations

15. Battle Stations
For each battle station you must complete the following:
Determine who won each battle
Read the information about the homefront and summarize in one sentence on the back of the sheet.
Add a tally to the battle victories won by each side.
When you have finished with each battle station:
Put the battles in order on the timeline.
Develop a pie chart that accurately portrays the percentage of battles won by each side during the war.

16. The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865
The Beginning

17. Bell Ringer
The Public Reacts to the War

18. Objectives
Examine how the different political and military perspectives brought to the war affected strategies.
Describe how military strategy, political leadership and economic resources are related to turning points of the war.
Consider the role of slavery and the “race question” in the politics of the Civil War.

19. Early Battles North’s expectations of a 90- day war ends at Bull Run
Lee reacts to Peninsula Campaign, realizes the need to win at the Seven Days’ Battle
The North adopts the Anaconda Plan and total war
The North attempts a battle at sea, facing blockade- running

20. The Turning Point
Second Battle of Bull Run was an opportunity for South to persuade
Foreign help fades at Antietam – Indiana soldier
Emancipation Proclamation brings a new goal to the war, controversial
Blacks enlist in the military, “Remember Fort Pillow”

21. Final Stages of the War Burnside takes the lead in the East
Crucial leader, “Stonewall”, is lost at Chancellorsville, VA
Northern victory at Gettysburg brings a moral purpose to the war, Gettysburg Address

22. Review of Northern Goals (in order)
Preserve the Union
Free slaves
Make sure people didn’t die in vain

23. Lincoln’s Assassination Lasting Effects
The End of the War
Lincoln’s Assassination
Lasting Effects

24. Bell Ringer
Impact of the Civil War – History.com

25. Objectives
Examine how the different political and military perspectives. Explain why the North won and the South lost the war.

26. Final Stages of the War: West/South
U.S. Grant leads the Union in the West
Gain control of New Orleans
Grant secures Mississippi R. at Vicksburg
Confederate hope for foreign intervention is lost
Sherman leads the North through “March to the Sea”, uses total war tactics
“I will make them howl”

27. The Politics of War
Copperheads challenge Lincolns tactics during the war
Election of 1864, McClellan v. Lincoln
Battles in the South ensure Lincoln’s victory

28. Terms of Surrender Grant is brought east to fight Lee
Citizens demand for Grant’s removal
A captured capital leads to surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

29. Lincoln’s Assassination
People expect a celebration speech = 13th amendment
Killed by John Wilkes Booth
Attempts were made to kill Seward and Johnson
Dramatic death erases shortcomings
South’s celebration is short lived, Reconstruction