1. Tuesday 10/6 RAP Who was Harriet Jacobs? What happened to her? What does “being sold down the river” mean? Today: Review Ch. 6.1 Compromises President video –Martin Van Buren thru Taylor

2. Today Review Ch. 6.1 Video on Presidents Open your textbook to page 172 Ch. 6.2—Tuesday Battles Take notes on “The Civil War” Ch. 6.2 (title) –Please take notes on the Start of the War –Any words or information written in green please put in your notes. –Tomorrow you will read and work on your Civil War map and read pages 174-179: Major Military Battles thru The Road to Surrender.

3. Thursday 10/8 RAP- What economic differences helped lead to the Civil War? What is sectionalism? Look at the maps on page 170 and answer the question below it. Today: CE Turn in Abolition essay President video—up to Lincoln? HW: Finish reading and answering questions on Ch 6.2 Civil War and map. –Notes on Civil War –Reading questions on battles and map

4. Friday 10/9 RAP- Who are your top five presidents from the presidents video that we have watched so far? Why? Today: America the Story of Us --Division

5. Monday 10/19 RAP –How was your fall break? –What was the major differences between the South and the North, which led to the Civil War? Today: –Review part of 6.2 –Begin Glory

6. The Beginning 1860– Abraham Lincoln is elected President Dec. 1860– South Carolina seceded from the Union.South Carolina seceded from the Union 1861 – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, & Texas secede from the Union declaring themselves a new nation--- the Confederate States of America. War beginning--April 12 th, 1861 —the Confederate army shell Ft. Sumter until its commander surrenders. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware–slave states that do not join the Confederacy.

7. Vocabulary Secession- formal withdrawal from the nation. Emancipation – liberation from slavery. Lynching – a mob action where a person is executed without a trial, often by hanging. Scorched earth policy – a policy of breaking the enemy’s will by destroying food, shelter, and supplies.

8. People Abraham Lincoln – President of the US from 1861- 1865 Jefferson Davis—President of the Confederacy. 1861- 1865 Gen. Robert E. Lee – commander of the Confederate army (south); West Point graduate. (most military skill and experience in the confederacy) Gen. Ulysses S. Grant – commander of the Union army (north). Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman – Union-scorched earth policy—”March to the Sea” Atlanta to Savannah. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan – Union – scorched earth policy

9. Comparing the Union and the Confederacy Union –More populated = more people to fight. Foreign born immigrants, free African Americans, and escaped slaves. Union 22 mil. People—Confederacy- 9 mil.—nearly 3 mil. Slaves who were not allowed to fight. –Resources-Resources- Almost all resources were in the north. –Steel mills and iron mines, transportation facilities, important industries, and most naval facilities and ships. –70 percent of the nation’s railroads ran through the North.

10. Comparing the Union and the Confederacy Confederacy –Military skill and experience Leaders came from experience, and or officers from West Point. –Defensive war Fortified cities waiting for the Union to invade. Fight on familiar terrain, with supporters, and close to supplies. –Chart on page 177 – create table comparing the two.

11. Average Soldier –The Average Soldier was a white, native-born, single, protestant, male farmer between 18 and 39 years of age. He stood about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed about 145 pounds. –Union soldiers were known as "Billy Yank" –while their Confederate counterparts were called "Johnny Reb." –average age of a Civil War soldier was 25 Union Army it is estimated that 100,000 soldiers were less than 15 years old. minimum age was 18. –The youngest soldier was probably Edward Black who joined the war at the age of 9 as a drummer boy. –The youngest to sustain injury in battle was probably William Black, who at the age of 12 was wounded in his left arm. –Perhaps as many as 400 female combatants successfully hid their gender and served during the war. –About 3 million soldiers fought in the Civil War with 2 million fighting for the Union and 1 million for the Confederacy. –Fifty percent of the soldiers were farmers before the war. –Union and Confederate rosters contained references to more than 300 different careers, including: locksmith, teacher, carpenter, shoemaker, black- smith, painter, mason, brewer, teamster, and mechanic.

12. African Americans Northern African Americans eagerly tried to enlist in the Union army. –BUT they were not accepted. 1863, Lincoln needed more soldiers and finally accepted African American troops. By the end, 180,000 served in the Union army. 23 African American soldiers won the Medal of Honor.

13. Glory video As you watch “Glory” please think about… Some information could go in your essay. –Treatment of African Americans –Expectations of African Americans –Goal of most African Americans-movie –Anything you did not know or found interesting write down. Enjoy. (Remember there is words that were used at the time that are offensive and will NOT be tolerated in our classroom or society today, so please remember this is not words or actions I expect to hear from you. Thank you.

14. Glory Movie on African American Unit in Civil War. 54th Massachusetts—had a commander Robert Shaw who fought hard to have his black troops treated like white soldiers. –Early black troops were not looked upon as equals and were not treated that way by many white commanders. They raided, destroyed, and pillaged Southern homes and towns. Many troops were not trained to fight—thought they couldn’t learn how to be a soldier. Did not receive equal pay as white soldiers.

15. Tuesday 10/20 RAP What do you think of the movie “Glory” so far? Do you have any questions about it? Today: 1.Turn in map and battles sheet

16. Wednesday 10/21 RAP Today: 1.CE Presentations 2.Read the Gettysburg address 3.PPT on Social and economic battles 4.Glory

17. Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 Please answer the following questions after we read the Gettysburg reading and address. –How did the Battle of Gettysburg shape the outcome of the Civil War? –What do you think of President Lincolns remarks? –Do you think President Lincoln’s remarks were too short? Explain. The full address--handout

18. Emancipation Proclamation September 22, 1862 Emancipation –pages 176-177, please write your thoughts down on the following questions. –Did emancipation free all enslaved Africans? Explain. –What was Lincoln’s main objective with the Civil War?

19. Thursday 10/22 RAP –Why were the two African American units so different? Today: –Finish Glory –Notes on Ch. 6.2 –Reconstruction beginning

20. New Roles Women –Supplied food, clothing, and weapons –Managed family farms, ran businesses, worked in factories, filled government jobs, and disguised themselves to fight in the war. –Served as nurses.

21. Riots Difficulty recruiting soldiers Union- draft law –Excused men from service if they could pay $300 fee. –Who did this hurt? Most violent draft riot---NYC –Racial overtones –Low paid workers blamed African Americans for the war. –Rioters set fire to an African American orphanage and began lynching African Americans. South- –Homelessness and hunger overshadowed the draft issue –Women looted stores, hijacked trains, and attacked Confederate supply depots to get bread and other food.

22. Civil War in the Far West Battle of Glorieta Pass, NM- This was a Union victory. The battle lasted for three days because the Confederates were able to control the pass. The Union army was victorious on the third day. Lieutenant- Colonel Chaves led Chivington’s group over rugged terrain behind the Confederates in the pass. Discovering the enemy’s supply train poorly guarded, the Colorado Volunteers burned the supplies and killed 1,100 mules.

23. Civil War in the Far West Picacho Peak, AZ – On April 15, 1862, the western-most “battle” of the American Civil War was fought on the flanks of Picacho Peak, 50 miles northwest of Tucson. –Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederates from Tucson. –Western most battle in Civil War. –3 Union soldiers died and 3 Confederates wounded. –Confederates rode to Tucson to warn of the expected Union attack. –The commanding officer of the Union cavalry was killed and is buried by the RR tracks at Picacho—Lt. James Barrett

24. Wars End April 9 th, 1865 About 360,000 Union soldiers died About 260,000 Confederate soldiers died. –Approximately 1 in 3 died in the war. 375,000 wounded. ***Twice as many soldiers died of infectious diseases than died of injuries sustained in combat. (dysentery, malaria, and typhoid) Doctors did not understand the importance of sanitation, sterile medical equipment, and a balanced diet.

25. Lincoln Main goal was to preserve the Union. He would deal compassionately with the South after the war ended. April 14, 1865—five days after the South surrendered, John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. “to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations”

26. Reconstruction Ch. 6.3 Begin reading and completing the notes on Reconstruction after the Civil War Reconstruction-Ch. 6.3 Pages184-191 1.Read and discuss Reconstruction intro. 184 2.Read pages 184-191 by yourself and take notes on your Ch. 6.3 notes sheet. 3.Due Friday at the end of class. Please read quietly. Thank you

27. Tuesday 6/11 1.Review Ch. 6.1 Questions—7:30 2.Group readings and presentation on compromises 7:45—9 1.Handout while presenting 3.Civil War – Ch. 6.2 – 9:00- 1.Introduction and Start of War – notes 1.Fall of Fort Sumter 2.Union and confederate comparison-- chart(173 & 177) 3.African Americans in war 4.Major battles reading and note and map sheet. 9:15-- 5.Review PPT of people, terms, etc. – 10:30 6.Gettysburg reading 7.Frederick Douglass v. President Lincoln 8.New roles for women 9.Riots 10.Road to Surrender 1.Scorched earth policy 2.Fall of Richmond 3.Appomattox Court House 4.Lincoln as commander and chief –reading on Second inaugural address 4.Video on Civil War 12:00