1. Review… Causes of the Civil War Slavery States’ rights
Westward Expansion
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown’s Raid
Election of 1860

2. The Civil War ( )

3. 1860 Presidential Election
√ Abraham Lincoln Republican
John Bell Constitutional Union
1860 Presidential Election
Stephen A. Douglas Northern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democrat

4. Election of 1860 and Secession

6. Secession!: SC Dec. 20, 1860

7. North vs. South in 1861
North
South
Advantages ?
Disadvantages

8. Rating the North & the South
The North outmatched the South in population and industrial output

9. Railroad Lines, 1860

10. Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

11. The Leaders of the Confederacy
Pres. Jefferson Davis
VP Alexander Stevens

12. Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy:
“Anaconda” Plan – cut off supplies from entering and leaving the South

13. The “Anaconda” Plan

14. Lincoln’s Generals – Lincoln struggled to find good military minds
Winfield Scott
Joseph Hooker
Ulysses S. Grant
Irwin McDowell
George McClellan
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
George McClellan, Again!

15. McClellan: I Can Do It All!

16. The Confederate Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest
“Stonewall” Jackson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
George Pickett
Jeb Stuart
James Longstreet
Robert E. Lee

17. Fort Sumter (April 1861) – First shots fired
The South fires on a Union fort after Lincoln tries to send them supplies. The North leaves and prepares for war.

18. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas)

19. Bull Run was the first real battle and an embarrassing defeat for the North
Thomas Jonathan Jackson becomes “Stonewall” Jackson for his demeanor at Bull Run

20. Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War”
September 17, 1862
23,000 casualties

21. Antietam: Turning point
1. first major victory for the North
2. enables Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

22. Freeing of the Slaves
On September 22, 1862, 5 days after the Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

23. Lincoln’s ultimatum
Lincoln warned the Confederate states to end the war, return to the Union, and end 244 years of slavery
The South declined, and on January 1, 1863 slaves were freed in the rebellious states

24. Emancipation- not in the border states

25. The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg
Victory at Vicksburg gives the Union control of the Mississippi River
Siege lasts May 16-July 4, 1863

26. Gettysburg Casualties
Gettysburg is the other great turning point in the war. The South will not launch another attack in the north.
The great Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee severely weakened

28. Gettysburg Address
“Those who have died shall not have died in vain…Government of, by and for the people shall not perish from this earth.” – Abraham Lincoln

29. Sherman’s March to the Sea – 1864
William T. Sherman
City of Atlanta burned to the ground
‘Scorched Earth’ tactics
Destroy raillines, crops and homes
Final blow to the South
Sherman gives Savannah to Lincoln for Christmas, 1864

33. The Progress of War:

34. Appomattox April 9, 1865: Lee surrenders to Grant
Bloodiest war fought on U.S. soil = over

35. Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

36. Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

37. Second Inaugural Address
“Scourge of war” brought upon by God as punishment for slavery
Encouraged cooperation between North and South
Has lenient reconstruction plans for the South

38. Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

39. The Assassin
John Wilkes Booth

40. The Assassination

43. Now He Belongs to the Ages!

44. The Execution

45. Lincoln in wartime
Lincoln expanded Presidential powers to accomplish his goals
Suspended habeas corpus to prevent Maryland from seceding (arresting pro-slavery leaders)
Military actions without consent of congress
Censorship of speech and press
Retroactively made some actions legal through congress