1. Unit #1: Birth of a Nation American Civil War 1861-1865

2. Snapshot of the North Industrialized with twice population of the South Effective tax collection & 90% of U.S. industry Social reforms (abolition, women’s suffrage, education) Supported tariffs (taxes on foreign goods) Favored federal power over states’ power

3. Advantages of the South Agricultural; depending on slave labor (1/3 total pop.) Against tariffs (taxes on foreign goods) Supported states’ rights over federal powers Battles fought on “home land” Stronger sense of tradition & morale

4. NorthSouth Reasons for fighting To preserve the Union To defend the homeland Disadvantages Hard to carry their battle into enemy territory Had fewer soldiers & resources Advantages Greater manpower & resources Familiarity with the land Military Strategies Surround & dominate the South Hold out until the North grew weary

6. Events of the Civil War 1863: Battle of Gettysburg (3 days; Northern victory) Gettysburg Address (dedicated a cemetery for casualties) Emancipation Proclamation (all slaves under rebel control were free as of Jan. 1, 1863) 1865: Surrender at Appomattox (VA) Gen. Robert E. Lee (South) & Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (North) met at the Appomattox Court House; General Lee surrenders resulting in Northern victory of the war

7. Black Soldiers Resolutions  Union enlisted black soldiers in conquered areas of the South  They made up 1/10 of Union Army by end of war  Unequal treatment in Army Secession illegal 4 million “free” blacks Over 620,000 men died Lincoln assassinated (April 1985)

10. Lincoln’s Assassination Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 Ford’s Theater, Washington DC Lincoln was taken to house across the street where he died the next day, Good Friday, April 15, 1865