Slide 1The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Slide 2 John Wilkes Booth Born on May 10, 1838 in Maryland; the 9th of 10 children. He was the lead in some of William Shakespeare's…

1. The American Civil War 2. Americanindependence in1783 with theTreaty of Paris 3. Taxes inSlavery in LincolnthetheWarpresident NorthSouth 1854 : the Republican Party was…

1. Before the Assassination Civil War ended April 9, 1865 2. Booth’s Original Plan In late summer of 1864 John Wilkes Booth began developing plans to kidnap Lincoln, take…

1. The American Civil War 2. Americanindependence in1783 with theTreaty of Paris 3. Taxes inSlavery in LincolnthetheWarpresident NorthSouth 1854 : the Republican Party was…

1. Chapter 21 The Furnace of Civil War, 1861–1865 2. I. Bull Run Ends the “Ninety-Day War” • Bull Run (Manassas Junction) – Lincoln eventually concluded that an…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Chapter 21 Slide 3 The North  Union Strategy 1. Suffocate the south = Blockade 2. Liberate the slaves 3. Cut the confederacy in ½ = Mississippi River…

Slide 1The Furnace of Civil War Chapter 21 1861-1865 Slide 2 Essential Question "The Civil War had started to preserve the Union, but for the majority in the North it…

Slide 1 Slide 2 F ROM W AR TO PEACE Chapter 18 section 4 Slide 3 B URNSIDE GETS THE C OMMAND After the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg, Maryland), Lincoln fired general George…

Slide 1 RECONSTRUCTION Slide 2 AFTER THE WAR North Economic Boom Beginnings of the Guilded Age Often blamed the south for its own slow recovery (forgot about Sherman) Federal…

Slide 1 A Summary of the American Civil War Slide 2 Fort Sumter The Civil War begins: April 12, 1861 Federal fort in South Carolina under command of Major Robert Anderson…