1. ** In response to the video scenes, from Lincoln (2012) write down the following questions and answer them in response to watching the video clips:
Questions:
Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation …
Authority of States’ Laws …
(3) 13th Amendment needed because …
(4) What about the depictions of his character and personality … Why the telling of stories?

2. Gettysburg Address
(1) What does “conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” mean? What document is he referencing?
(2) What characteristic do you think President Lincoln is conveying when he says these sentences, “But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate – we cannot consecrate – we cannot hallow … The world will little note nor long remember what we say here …?”
(3) What does President Lincoln mean by saying “they gave the last full measure of devotion?”
(4) What does President Lincoln mean by saying “government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth?”

3. The University of Virginia in Charlottesville was founded by Thomas Jefferson.

4. Declaration of Independence (Preamble)
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness, and that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed … “ -- Thomas Jefferson, 1776

5. Read the handout, answering …
How can the Civil War be considered a Revolution?

6. Why the Civil War was a Revolution?
(1) Destruction of the South
¼ of white, male Southerners killed
Southern wealth decreases by 60% during 1860’s
1860, total South’s share of national wealth was 30%; by 1870, it’s 12%
1860, average Southerner’s income was 2/3’s of Northerners; by 1870, it’s 2/5’s of a Northerner
(2) 620,000 casualties because of the war in a nation of 50 million people
(3) 13th Amendment - Slavery no longer existed in the nation

7. Interesting Facts About the War
2/3’s of Southerners did not own slaves.
In 1860, if the Confederacy were an independent nation, it would have had the fourth largest economy in the world.
However, by 1865, its exports of cotton dropped by 95%.

8. Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809 - Lincoln is born.
** Description of birth, upbringing, and education
Marries Mary Todd Lincoln
    
1855 & Loses legislature’s vote for the Senate for Illinois.   
Nov. 6, Wins 1860 Presidential Election
Sept. 22, Issues Emancipation
Proclamation
Nov. 19, Delivers the “Gettysburg
Address”  
Nov. 8, Wins 1864 Presidential Election
April 9, General Lee surrenders
April 14, Shot by John Wilkes Booth and dies the next day
Abraham Lincoln

9. Lincoln’s Assassination, April 14, 1865
Much Larger Plot …
John Wilkes Booth = President Lincoln
Lewis Powell = William Seward
George Atzerodt = Andrew Johnson

10. ** In response to the video scenes, from Lincoln (2012) write down the following questions and answer them in response to watching the video clips:
Questions:
Limitations of the Emancipation Proclamation …
Authority of States’ Laws …
(3) 13th Amendment needed because …
(4) What about the depictions of his character and personality … Why the telling of stories?

11. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
April 1, 1865 Gen. Lee gives up Richmond, flees West
Gen. Lee’s surrenders to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865.

12. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
From U.S. Grant To R.E. Lee,
Appomattox Court-House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
General: I propose to receive the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia on the following terms … The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States … The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked … This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.

13. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
From R.E. Lee To U.S. Grant
Head-Quarters, Army of Northern Virginia April 9, 1865.
General: I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect.
R. E. Lee, General. Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant. 
** Gen. Lee thanks Gen. Grant, stating, the kindness would “do much toward conciliating our people.”

14. Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia, 10th April 1865.
General Order No. 9 After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
But feeling that valour and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that must have attended the continuance of the contest, I have determined to avoid the useless sacrifice of those whose past services have endeared them to their countrymen.
By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you his blessing and protection.
— R. E. Lee, General, General Order No. 9