1. Conflicts Leading to Secession

2. Opening Activity #9 (new page) Who were Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe? What did they contribute to American history?

3. Conflicts Leading to Secession Birth of the Republican Party – Formed by the opponents of the Kansas-Nebraska Act – Republicans – keep slavery but do not extend – Northern Democrats – Popular Sovereignty – Southern Democrats – Slavery is good

4. Conflicts Leading to Secession Conflicts – Dred Scott (1850) – Sued for his freedom – Lost his case (15 th Amendment) – Considered property

5. Conflicts Leading to Secession Lincoln v. Douglass – Competition for the U.S. Senate – Lincoln  Republican  Slavery is immoral – Douglass  Democrat  Popular Sovereignty

6. Conflicts Leading to Secession Abraham Lincoln – Self-educated; lawyer – Spoke in the people’s vernacular – Elected President in 1860 South Secedes – South Carolina is first state to secede – Confederate States of America – Jefferson Davis is chosen as President

7. OA #10 (new page) What was the Dred Scott case? How did this affect American culture?

8. Civil War Begins Causes of the Civil War 1.Slavery 2.Secession 3.Political Parties

9. Civil War Begins Goals for North and South – North  To conquer South; bring South back to the Union – South  Fight a defensive war 3-part plan for the North 1.Sail down the Mississippi River  Cuts South in ½ 2.Block Southern Ports 3.Capture the Southern Capital (Richmond)

10. Civil War Begins Fort Sumter (1861) – First shots of the Civil War – Taken over by Confederacy Battle of Bull Run – 1 st battle of the Civil War – Confederate Army led by General Stonewall Jackson – South Wins and boosts morale – As a result, some of the soldiers go home

11. Explain the causes of the Civil War by Pictures Create visual that contains and discusses the causes of the Civil War. Your artwork must have at least 3 pictures and be colored. Writing should be limited.

12. OA#11 Using the chart, which side had the advantage when it came to resources. How could this help them in the war?

13. Civil War Britain remains neutral during the war Emancipation Proclamation – Lincoln dislikes slavery, but the gov’t doesn’t have the power to abolish it – January 1 st, 1863 – Doesn’t set all the slaves free immediately – Only applied to slaves in the Confederate states – Gave the war a moral purpose

14. Civil War Life during the War – Conscription – military draft – African Americans = 10% of the Union Army – Women – 3,000 union nurses (Clara Barton) – Conditions were unsanitary, poor medical services – Economy NorthSouth

17. Activity Using your book, create a flow map of the major battles of the Civil War (pgs 169-173) – Be sure to label each battle with: Name of battle Year it took place Who won the battle