CHAPTER 18 5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 The Civil War 1861–1865 SETTING THE SCENE Focus In 1861 the Civil War erupted because Americans could not peacefully…
Slide 1DIVIDED BY WAR 1861-1865 Slide 2 THE SECESSION CRISIS l LINCOLN’S ELECTION LEADS SO. CAROLINA TO SECEDE l DEC. 20TH 1860 l QUESTION: WOULD OTHER STATES FOLLOW? Slide…
Slide 1 The Civil War & Reconstruction A Divided Nation Slide 2 The South Secedes Causes States Rights The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 Lincoln-Douglas…
Slide 1 The Civil War “ A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln Slide 2 Timeline of Events 1861 –Confederate constitution framed, February…
Slide 1 The Civil War Slide 2 The Civil War Begins Chapter 11 Section 1 Slide 3 Confederates Fire on Fort Sumter Slide 4 The seven southernmost states that had already seceded…
Slide 1 “…WAS THE CROSSROADS OF OUR BEING, AND IT WAS A HELL OF A CROSSROADS” - SHELBY FOOTE, HISTORIAN The Civil War Slide 2 Ft Moultrie, site of first US naval victory…
Slide 1 The Road to the Civil War The US-Mexico War, 1846-8 Gold Rush, Migration and Expansion Compromise of 1850 Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852 Kansas-Nebraska…
Slide 1 Unit 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Reconstruction of the United States (1865-1877) Slide 2 President Lincoln’s Wartime Strategies as Preserver…
Slide 1 Chapter 16 The Civil War Begins 1861-1862 Slide 2 I.Find Out A.How fighting began at Fort Sumter B.The strengths and weaknesses of each side C.Each side’s basic…
Slide 1 Chapter 20 Girding for War: The North and the South Slide 2 http://youtu.be/IboJrIEDIoY Slide 3 http://youtu.be/dbTjbLliL00 Slide 4 Lincoln and Secession “I consider…