1. 1861-1865 THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
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2. What were the Union States? What were the Confederate states?
Before we begin. . .
What were the Union States?
What were the Confederate states?
Use your colored map on text pg 106 & House Divided WS

3. UNION STATES
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, California
Border States-Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware

4. CONFEDERATE STATES
Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia

5. The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy

6. Confederate Union
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7. Add academic Vocab
Civil War- U.S. war between North (Union) and South (Confederacy)
Union- North of US containing 19 states + 5 border states during Civil War
Confederate States of Amer.- 11 Southern States that seceded (left) the Union
border states- slave states that stayed in the Union. These states were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware

8. What were the causes of the Civil War??
States’ Rights-Tariffs (Taxes)
Conflicts over Slavery
Abraham Lincoln elected 16th President
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9. States’ Rights regarding taxation and slavery
CAUSE #1
States’ Rights regarding taxation and slavery

10. CAUSE #2:Abolitionism/Slavery

11. CAUSE #3 Election of Lincoln
Southern States felt they were bullied by the North when he was elected

12. 1860
Election
Results

13. 1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

15. The first States secede

16. The war begins - the firing on Fort Sumter

17. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

18. Fort Sumter

19. Read textbook pg. 114
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20. Advantages of the Union (North)
More people
More railroad lines
More factories
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21. Advantages of the Confederacy(South)
Better military leaders
Most of war fought in South on familiar land
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22. Technology made Civil War . . .
The Monitor

23. More efficient and deadly

24. First metal ships in world!

25. Confederate Weapons

26. Union Weapons

27. Pass bullets around class

28. Take out your House Divided WS Who are the Famous Generals?
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Take out your House Divided WS
Who are the Famous Generals?
North=Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
South=Gen. Robert E. Lee
HW-wkbk pgs 41 & 43

29. Pg. 43 1. border states 2. casualties 3. draft 4. emancipation 8. free
Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery
Vicksburg
Gettysburg Address

30. 1863

31. Emancipation Proclamation
It freed the slaves only in states that have seceded from the Union.
It did not free slaves in border states.
1863
Emancipation = freedom
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32. Blacks in the Military
After the Emancipation Proclamation blacks began to join the Union Army
Initially they were only used for manual labor
Eventually, Blacks saw live combat
54th regiment out of Massachusetts
William Carney 32

33. Vicksburg and Gettysburg were 2 important battles won by the Union
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Union-Gettysburg, Vicksburg
Confederate-Fort Sumter, Bull Run

36. Vicksburg

38. Gettysburg – turning point
Gettysburg is the largest battle in the history of the Western hemisphere.
Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days.
It was the last time the South invaded the North.

41. Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
-Abraham Lincoln
(text pages )

42. Add graphic organizer to notes and complete -below
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Women
took on
new tasks
boring
ate poorly
BOTH-
People missed
relatives and friends

43. VIP Tab Book Clara Barton-
nursed sick and wounded soldiers during the Civil War, later found American Red Cross
General Ulysses S. Grant-
leader of the Union troops, later became president
General Robert E. Lee-
leader of the Confederate troops

44. Union-HOUSE DIVIDED WS
President-Abraham Lincoln
Famous Generals-Ulysses S. Grant, Gen. T. Sherman
Battle Victories-Gettysburg, Vicksburg
Causes-South seceded; Fort Sumter attacked by South

45. Confederate on HOUSE DIVIDED
President-Jefferson Davis
Famous Generals-Robert E. Lee
Famous Battle Victories-Fort Sumter, Bull Run
Causes of the War-states’ rights concerning tariffs and slavery; Lincoln became president

47. Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.

49. After four bloody years of civil war,
the South was defeated.
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Click 1: After four bloody years…
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50. Civil War ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE

51. Read text pgs

52. End of Civil War 1861-Civil War Begins
1863-Emancipation Proclamation & Battles of Gettysburg & Vicksburg
1864-General Sherman’s March to Sea
1865-Lee Surrenders & Civil War Ends
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53. Text pg TN connection

54. Reconstruction
Reconstruction – time after the Civil War of rebuilding the country after the South rejoined the Union
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55. Lincoln is assassinated-1865

56. Reconstruction Amendments
Free Citizens Vote
13th – abolished slavery
14th - Everyone born in U.S. has rights as citizens
15th -All men right to vote no matter color
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57. Remember the Reconstruction Amendments this way:
Free Citizens Vote!

58. Study Guide Study all notes & flipbooks Importance of slavery to South
Write in Journal
Study all notes & flipbooks
Importance of slavery to South
Know causes of war
Famous people involved
Abolitionists and their part
Why South seceded (states’ rights & slavery)
What was Reconstruction & plan