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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

1861-1865This Powerpoint is hosted on www.worldofteaching.comPlease visit for 100’s more free powerpoints

Before we begin. . .

• What were the Union States?

• What were the Confederate states?

Use your colored map on text pg 106 & House Divided WS

UNION STATES

• Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, California

• Border States-Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware

CONFEDERATE STATES

• Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia

The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy

Confederate Union

See & Read text pages 108-109

Add academic Vocab

• Civil War- U.S. war between North (Union) and South (Confederacy)

• Union- North of US containing 19 states + 5 border states during Civil War

• Confederate States of Amer.- 11 Southern States that seceded (left) the Union

• border states- slave states that stayed in the Union. These states were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware

What were the causes of the Civil War??

• States’ Rights-Tariffs (Taxes) • Conflicts over Slavery• Abraham Lincoln elected 16th

President

Find this in your journal…you should already have this

CAUSE #1

•States’ Rights regarding taxation and slavery

CAUSE #2:Abolitionism/Slavery

CAUSE #3

• Election of Lincoln

• Southern States felt they were bullied by the North when he was elected

1860

Election

Results

1860

Election

Results

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

The first States secede

The war begins - the firing on Fort Sumter

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

Fort Sumter

• Read textbook pg. 114• Take notes on following slides in

journal

Advantages of the Union (North)

• More people• More railroad lines• More factories

Notes for journal

Advantages of the Confederacy(South)

• Better military leaders• Most of war fought in South

on familiar land

Notes for journal

Technology made Civil War . . .

The Monitor

More efficient and deadly

First metal ships in world!

Confederate Weapons

Union Weapons

Pass bullets around class

• Read text pgs. 115-119• Take out your House Divided WS• Who are the Famous Generals?

– North=Gen. Ulysses S. Grant– South=Gen. Robert E. Lee

HW-wkbk pgs 41 & 43

Pg. 43

• 1. border states• 2. casualties• 3. draft• 4. emancipation

• 8. free• Emancipation

Proclamation• Slavery• Vicksburg• Gettysburg

Address

1863

Emancipation Proclamation

• It freed the slaves only in states that have seceded from the Union.

• It did not free slaves in border states.

• 1863• Emancipation = freedom

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Blacks in the Military

• After the Emancipation Proclamation blacks began to join the Union Army

• Initially they were only used for manual labor

• Eventually, Blacks saw live combat

• 54th regiment out of Massachusetts

William Carney

• Vicksburg and Gettysburg were 2 important battles won by the Union– Add to A House Divided WS

• Union-Gettysburg, Vicksburg• Confederate-Fort Sumter, Bull Run

Vicksburg

Gettysburg – turning point

• Gettysburg is the largest battle in the history of the Western hemisphere.

• Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days.

• It was the last time the South invaded the North.

Gettysburg Address

• Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

-Abraham Lincoln

(text pages 120-121)http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/gettysburgaddress.htm

• Read text pgs. 122-125• Add graphic organizer to notes and

complete -below

boringate poorly

Women took on new tasks

BOTH-People missed relatives and friends

VIP Tab Book

• Clara Barton-nursed sick and wounded soldiers during

the Civil War, later found American Red Cross

• General Ulysses S. Grant-leader of the Union troops, later became

president • General Robert E. Lee-leader of the Confederate troops

Union-HOUSE DIVIDED WS

• President-Abraham Lincoln• Famous Generals-Ulysses S. Grant,

Gen. T. Sherman• Battle Victories-Gettysburg,

Vicksburg• Causes-South seceded; Fort

Sumter attacked by South

Confederate on HOUSE DIVIDED

• President-Jefferson Davis• Famous Generals-Robert E. Lee• Famous Battle Victories-Fort

Sumter, Bull Run• Causes of the War-states’ rights

concerning tariffs and slavery; Lincoln became president

Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.

After four bloody years of civil war, the South was defeated.

Civil War ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE

• Read text pgs. 130-131

End of Civil War

• 1861-Civil War Begins• 1863-Emancipation Proclamation &

Battles of Gettysburg & Vicksburg• 1864-General Sherman’s March to

Sea• 1865-Lee Surrenders & Civil War

EndsAdd to notes in journal

Text pg. 132-135 TN connection

Reconstruction1865-1877

• Reconstruction – time after the Civil War of rebuilding the country after the South rejoined the Union

Add to Academic Vocabulary

Lincoln is assassinated-1865

Reconstruction Amendments

• 13th – abolished slavery• 14th - Everyone born in U.S. has rights as citizens

• 15th -All men right to vote no matter color

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Free Citizens Vote

Remember the Reconstruction Amendments this way:

Free Citizens Vote!

Study Guide• Study all notes & flipbooks• Importance of slavery to South• Know causes of war• Famous people involved• Abolitionists and their part• Why South seceded (states’ rights &

slavery)

• What was Reconstruction & plan

Write in Journal