2. Warm up; Review Popular Sovereignty Fugitive Slave Act John Brown
aka the American Party; wanted to undercut immigrant voting strengths.
Bloodiest single day battle in American history, with 23,000+ casualties in roughly 12 hours
people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery
Abolitionist who was responsible for attacks during Bleeding Kansas and Harpers’ Ferry
Short-lived political party in the U.S active in the and 1852 elections
Northern opponents in the Civil War
Law passed to provide southern slave holders with power to capture slaves who escaped to free states.
fought in Tennessee from April 6-7, Federal force overpowered the Confederate force and won
Popular Sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
John Brown
Copperheads
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Antietam
Free Soil Party
Know-Nothing Party

3. The War’s Final Days Petersburg Va.
Union would lose more men than Confederates
Lee didn’t replacements, Union did
Allowed the Union to overtake Richmond, they burned it to the ground

4. Lincoln Looks Forward 13th amendment: Outlawed all slavery in the US
1864
13th amendment: Outlawed all slavery in the US
Lincoln’s challenge was to readmit Confederates into the Union

5. Lee Surrenders To Grant
Lee’s troops were demoralized and lacking supplies
April 9- Appomattox Court House, Va, Lee surrendered
Confederacy would lose by June of 1865

6. Assassination of Lincoln
April 14, 1865
Lincoln attends Our American Cousin, a play in Ford’s Theatre (D.C.)
John Wilkes Booth will plot to kill him on this visit

7. Assassination of Lincoln
Booth snuck into the box in which President Lincoln was sitting, shot Lincoln in the back of the head

8. Assassination of Lincoln
After shooting Lincoln, Booth jumped on to the stage and says…
“Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants), the South is avenged”
Lincoln would die the next morning

9. Assassination of Lincoln
Largest manhunt in US history
Booth was found in a barn and shot
Plot was revealed in which more govt officials were targeted
Hope was to create chaos and force the Union to surrender

10. Lincoln and Kennedy Elected to House in 1946 Elected to House in 1846
After shooting Kennedy, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre
Had a secretary named Lincoln
Successor- Lyndon Johnson (born 1908)
Lee Harvey Oswald born in 1939
Riding in a LINCOLN automobile owned by Ford
Elected to House in 1846
After shooting Lincoln, Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse
Had a secretary named Kennedy
Successor- Andrew Johnson (born 1808)
John Wilkes Booth born in 1839
Shot in Ford Theatre

11. Why The North Won
Utilized its better technology, population, resources
Grant & Sherman’s ruthless tactics
Great leadership from Lincoln

12. The War’s Lasting Impact
600,000 Americans dead
Hundreds of thousand more wounded
Much of it seen through photography

13. Effect of War On the Economy
North experienced an economic boom during & after war
Land Grant College Act: Govt gave $ to states to establish colleges that taught the best farming and mechanical skills
A tariff passed in protected industry and encouraged its growth

14. Effects On the Southern Economy
Many Southern cities were destroyed
Factories and RR’s were also destroyed, the South had to rely on the North

15. Effects On Society Southern soldiers came home to destroyed property
Some Southerners saw the Civil War as a noble and unfinished cause

16. Sectional politics began to die down
We begin seeing ourselves as a nation