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Melinda Moore The American Civil War (1861-1865)
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BELLWORK APRIL 29 Get out study guide. Do questions 35-37 on Chapter 17 Study Guide. Raise your hand when you are finished. Sit quietly until everyone is finished
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BELLWORK APRIL 30 Get in pair-share groups. Get out textbooks Sit quietly As a group you will fill out your Civil War Battles Sheet. Raise your hand when finished (competition) then Use special pen to put dots where each battle took place.
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** Mrs. Lee will give you a battle. On the back of your sheet: put bullets about your battle put bullets about your battle then make a poster of your battle then make a poster of your battle on white paper on white paper
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1.Make sure your map has your group number and period group number and period 2.Bring ALL PAPERS and maps to Mrs. Lee 3.Put up textbooks in desk 4.Sit quietly to find out who won!! CLOSING PROCEDURES
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Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri Border States/slave states / stayed in Union
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35. Lincoln wanted to hold on to border states; *Losing border states would increase Confederacy population. **Border states surrounded our nation’s capital.
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37. Yankees – Union – North -wanted to preserve the Union BEGINNING GOALS 37. Rebels – Confederacy – South -wanted to preserve their way of life even if it meant independence
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Advantages of North/South
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/firstmanassas /first-manassas-maps/bull-run-animated-map/
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chancellor sville/maps/first-day-at-chancellorsville.html
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/ fort-sumter/fort-sumter- maps/animated-map/
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/fredericksbur g/maps/fredericksburg-animated-map/
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/chickamauga/chickamaug a-maps/chickamauga-animated-map/
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/gettysburg/maps/gettysburg- animated-map/
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/antietam/m aps/antietam-animated-map.html
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/shiloh/maps/b attle-of-shiloh-animated.html
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http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vicksburg/ maps/vicksburg-animated-map.html
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Men Present for Duty in the Civil War
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38. Yankees – Union – North -larger, free population -more manufacturing capabilities -more railroads -stronger navy -volunteers-Lincoln Advantages: 39. Rebels – Confederacy – South -knowledge of countryside -fought mostly a defensive war -fought for their property -great generals/Lee
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“I cannot raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.” 40. Robert E. Lee
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41. General Winfield Scott’s 3-step strategy to defeat the South: take control of Mississippi River use navy to blockade Southern ports capture Richmond 42. Union’s strategy-Anaconda Plan 42. Union’s strategy-Anaconda Plan
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43. MS River supplied Confederate troops with supplies from the West.
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44. The Confederate “White House” in Richmond, VA 44. The Confederate “White House” in Richmond, VA located 100 miles from Washington D.C.
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45. Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas) July, 1861 (first major battle) 45. Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas) July, 1861 (first major battle)
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46. The Battle of the Merrimack (C) and the Monitor (U) marked the end of wooden warships.
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47. The bloodiest single day of fighting occurred along the Antietam Creek during the Battle of Antietam. (1862, over 23,000 casualties) A Bloody Day…
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\ 48. Confederates accidentally shot Thomas Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville – left his arm amputated and he died a few days later.
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Confederate Union 49. BATTLE OF SHILOH April 1862, Grant overcame southern forces and took control of western Tennessee getting the Union closer to controlling the MS River.
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50. The Emancipation Proclamation (1-1-1863) (1-1-1863)
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3 reasons that Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 1. gain support of antislavery groups 2. broaden the goals of the war 3. discourage foreign powers from helping the South.
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African-American Recruiting Poster
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51. The Famous 54 th Massachusetts
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African-Americans in Civil War Battles
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52. Hardships: Biggest problem: disease and infection deadly weapons p o o r c a m p c o n d i t i o n s
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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*did not support war *did not support war *wanted to end the War 54. Income tax *tax people’s earnings 53. Copperheads
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55. Women of the Civil War: Clara Barton-Union nurse/founded Red Cross Worked on farms and industries Gave out medical supplies Raised money Made uniforms/weapons Disguised as men/fought in battle Spies
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56. Ulysses S. Grant Hiram Ulysses Grant Union General “Unconditional Surrender” Lincoln’s man to win
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Grant’s strategy on Vicksburg 56. siege - a military blockade of an enemy in order to force a surrender 6 weeks for Grant to take Vicksburg
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56. Grant’s forces cut off the supply lines to Vicksburg in a strategy called a siege- blockade of a city. Vicksburg - blocked the Mississippi River where the South was getting its supplies. Starving residents ate horses, mules, and dogs. Starving residents ate horses, mules, and dogs. Citizens – forced to stay in city stay in city July 4, 1863 – July 4, 1863 – Confederates surrendered
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The Road to Gettysburg: 1863 G. Meade
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57. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted 3 days. It was a victory for the North and considered the turning point of the War. It was the most celebrated site of “Pickett’s Charge”.
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58. “Pickett’s Charge” was a failure.
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Gettysburg Casualties
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59. Gettysburg Address “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain……and that government of the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” This is a quote from the Gettysburg Address.
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The Battle of Chickamauga
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TOTAL WAR: 60. destroying food, supplies, transportation; whatever necessary
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1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)
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61. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864
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62. Second Inaugural Address –March 4, 1865 Pres. Lincoln (R) “With malice toward none with charity for all, let us strive to bind the nation’s wounds………” One of the finest speeches in American history…… malice – desire to cause harm
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63. Surrender at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 64. 4 years
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65. Significant Results of War
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TIMELINE TIMELINE UPDATE
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With the country on the brink of war, bachelor president James Buchanan failed to take action to preserve the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln guided the Union through the Civil War and proclaimed Slave Emancipation in 1863.
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