1. 8.8 B Explain the significant
events of the Civil War

2. Lincoln’s Assassination April 14, 1865
Gettysburg July 1863
Vicksburg July 1863
Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1863
Climax
Sherman’s March
Antietam Sept 1862
Falling Action
Rising Action
Surrender at Appomattox courthouse April 9, 1865
Fort Sumter april 1861
Why was the union able to destroy the confederacy?
Resolution
Conflict
Lincoln’s Assassination April 14, 1865
Causes of Civil War:
Ways for students to get info: Could use Brainpop: Civil War for all events (except it does NOT show Antietam or Vicksburg in the Brainpop video), or use the blue links on each event title provided for each event or a combination of both
Student Copy- You could accommodate by adding lines, making it bigger, etc. You could also give them pictures already included, or have the kids cut out the pictures and glue them on the correct event so that they flip over it.
You could make it more difficult by taking out some of the events and having students determine what goes there.
Student’s job is to write the significance of each event (see key on slide 2)
They will answer the big question in the middle once they have learned about all of the events

3. What cause contributed most to the Civil War?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Causes of
Civil War - - - -
★ Slavery
★ States’ Rights
★ Secession
★ Sectionalism
What cause contributed most to the Civil War? - -

4. Why did Lincoln think it would only take 90 days?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Fort Sumter
April 1861
South Carolina
Anderson
Beauregard
First battle - Confederate forces fired on a federal fort at Charleston
Why did Lincoln think it would only take 90 days?
Confederate

5. Why was photography so significant?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Antietam
September 1862
Maryland
McClellan
Lee
Bloodiest single day battle. Union win allowed Emancipation Proclamation to issue.
Why was photography so significant?
22,717
Union

6. Emancipation Proclamation
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Emancipation Proclamation
January 1863
USA - -
Freed slaves in rebelling states - Encouraged free slaves to fight in Union Army.
Why did the EP build momentum for the Civil War? - -

7. How did Gettysburg change the outcome of the Civil War?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Gettysburg
July 1863
Pennsylvania
Meade
Lee
Turning point in North (Union Win) Lincoln gives speech to dedicate lives lost.
How did Gettysburg change the outcome of the Civil War?
51,112
Union

8. Vicksburg Why was ownership of the Mississippi so important?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Vicksburg
July 1863
Mississippi
Grant
Pemberton
Turning point in West; cuts Confederacy in half at Mississippi River.
Why was ownership of the Mississippi so important?
37,273
Union

9. Was it ethical to destroy civilian property during war?
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Sherman’s March
1864
Georgia
Sherman -
Union army marches across Georgia, destroying everything in its path - helped push Confederacy to surrender
Was it ethical to destroy civilian property during war?
650 -

10. Appomattox Courthouse
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Appomattox Courthouse
April 9, 1865
Virginia
Grant
Lee
Lee (S) surrenders to Grant (N) and leads to Reconstruction.
Why was Grant so gracious to Lee in terms of surrender?
652
Union

11. Lincoln’s Assassination
Date
Location
Union
Confederacy
Battle Summary
Casualties
Victor
Lincoln’s Assassination
April 14, 1865
Washington D.C. - -
Shot by John Wilkes Booth; Radical Republicans move forward with Reconstruction.
What was the effect of Lincoln’s assassination? 1 -

12. Lincoln’s Assassination April 14, 1865
Gettysburg July 1863
Vicksburg July 1863
Turning point in North (Union win)
Lincoln gives speech to dedicate lives lost
Turning point in West; Cuts Confederacy in Mississippi River (Union win)
Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1863
Climax
Freed slaves in rebelling states- encouraged free slaves to fight in Union Army
Sherman’s March
Union army marches across Georgia, destroying everything in its path- helped push Confederacy to surrender
Antietam Sept 1862
Falling Action
Rising Action
Bloodiest Single day battle- Union win allowed Eman. Proc. to issue
Surrender at Appomattox courthouse April 9, 1865
Fort Sumter april 1861
Gen. Lee (S) surrenders to Grant (N) leads to Reconstruction
Why was the union able to destroy the confederacy?
1st battle- Confederate forces fired on a federal Charleston
Resolution
Conflict
Lincoln’s Assassination April 14, 1865
Causes of Civil War:
Shot by John Wilkes Booth; Radical Republicans move forward with Reconstruction
Optional video for extension on Lincoln suspending habeas corpus in Maryland- visually stunning! :
Could have a discussion on whether Lincoln was justified or not
Slavery, States’ Rights, Sectionalism, Secession

13. Teacher Note: If you choose to have students put pictures on their organizer, you can print these out (cut in half) and have students cut along dotted lines and glue them where they belong as a check for understanding. You may have to display them bigger on screen for students to see the color/detail of the pictures.