1. Civil War soldiers having PTSD:

2. Bellringer
"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri To Enter Union" (1820)
"California Admitted to Union as Free State" (1850)
"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)
Which issue is reflected in these headlines?
enactment of protective tariffs
extension of slavery
voting rights for minorities
universal public education

3. The Civil War Learning Targets
U2T13 - I can explain Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy to restore the Union during the Civil War.
U2T14 - I can identify and analyze major technological, social, and strategic aspects of the Civil War.

4. 4. Election of 1860 & Secession
Let’s review the main causes of the Civil War:
South
North
1.Sectionalism
2. Slavery
United States Law
3. States’ rights
4. Election of 1860 & Secession

5. Cause #4 Election of 1860
When Republican Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860, Southerners believed that their rights would no longer be respected.
Many southerners believed it was time to leave the Union.

6. Cause #4 Secession
Secession- the action of withdrawing formally from involvement of a federation, especially a political state
After Lincoln’s election, eleven southern states eventually seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America.

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8. What do you think is happening? What clues do you see?
Cartoon from the 1860 election shows three of the candidates, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and John Breckinridge, tearing the nation to shreds, while the Union candidate John Bell, applies glue from a tiny, useless pot. (U.S. Library of Congress)

9. Lincoln Speech Analysis
You will read a series of excerpts from Lincoln speeches and letters.
You will be focusing on how his view of slavery changed throughout the civil war.
Process: Rally Coach
Partner A analyzes the 1st quote
Partner B watches and listens, checks, coaches if necessary, and praises.
Write ONLY when partner B gives the OK
Partner B analyzes the next quote.
Partner A watches and listens, checks, coaches if necessary, and praises.
Write ONLY when partner A gives the OK
Repeat until finished.

10. 4
Battles Begin (1861)
Fort Sumter (4/12) - Confederates opened fire and this Federal fort surrendered 34 hours later. Union forces would try for nearly four years to take it back.
More Secession – When Lincoln calls for volunteers to defeat the rebellion, more Southern state secede (VA, AR, NC, TN)

11. Wartime Resources Use the directions to help you complete the chart.
Read the directions very carefully to not miss any details.

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13. War battles
Follow the directions to complete the battles on the back on the 2F.

14. The Anaconda Plan 5
Strategy - Union General Scott's "Anaconda Plan" - blockade the Southern coasts and Mississippi River.

15. Emancipation Proclamation (Jan 1, 1863)
Executive Order - Lincoln freed slaves in states that were still in rebellion
Impact - Frees 50,000 slaves, with the rest freed as Union armies advanced.
It did not compensate the owners, outlaw slavery, or make the ex-slaves (called freedmen) citizens.
(3.1 million of the 4 million slaves )

16. 7 April 1865 -- Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
General Lee's troops were soon surrounded, and on April 7, Grant called upon Lee to surrender. On April 9, the two commanders met at Appomattox Courthouse, and agreed on the terms of surrender. Lee's men were sent home on parole -- soldiers with their horses, and officers with their side arms. All other equipment was surrendered.

17. Deaths Per Day

18. 7 April 1865 -- The Assassination of President Lincoln.
On April 14, as President Lincoln was watching a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., he was shot by John Wilkes Booth, an actor from Maryland obsessed with avenging the Confederate defeat. Lincoln died the next morning. Booth escaped to Virginia. Eleven days later, cornered in a burning barn, Booth was fatally shot by a Union soldier. Nine other people were involved in the assassination; four were hanged, four imprisoned, and one acquitted. 7

19. Exit Slip
Complete Study Guide. Remember you have a test next class.