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The American Civil War
A
Nation Divided
1861-1865Slide2
Monday: November 2, 2015
Bell Work:
Write the following in your notes:
What were the three main causes to the Civil War?Name 3 technologies that changed the way that the Civil War was fought. Slide3
Today We Will…
Learning Intentions
Success Criteria
We
are learning (to)…
Describe conflicts in ideology during the Civil War.
Identify key figures playing a role in the conflict.
Analyze the importance of major battles in the Civil War.
Close reading skills.
We
will know we are successful when we can successfully…
Identify turning points in the war.
Separate Civil War leaders from North and South.
Examine
the importance of technology during the War.
Read
and analyze the
Gettysburg Address.Slide4
Set the Stage: What do we know?
Causes
Differing Economies
SlaveryState vs Federal Power
Technology
Railroad
Minie
Ball
Rifled Muskets
Medical advancementsBromine, First AidTelegraphSlide5
Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
was elected as President of this new country.
Not recognized by the United StatesEstablished their capitol at Richmond, Virginia. just 100 miles (1.5 hours by car) from Washington D. C. Slide6
States in the Confederacy:
South Carolina
Mississippi
FloridaAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaTexasVirginia
Arkansas
Tennessee
North CarolinaSlide7Slide8
Fort Sumter: The Start of the War
Union Fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
April 12, 1861: Confederate artillery (cannons) Fired on the fort.
CSA bombarded it all day, forcing Union troops to surrender the fort.Slide9
Major Battles of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run: July 21, 1861
First major land battle of the war.
25 miles outside of Washington D.C.35,000 Union vs 30,000 ConfederateHumiliating defeat for Union.
Showed North that this would be a long, hard fought conflict. Slide10
Major Battles of the Civil War
Battle of
Anteitam
: Sept. 17, 1862Sharpsburg, Maryland
First battle of the Civil War to be fought on Northern soil.
10,000
Confederate,
13,000
Union
casualties.Tactical victory for Union.Emancipation ProclamationImages of the horrors of battle were captured here and mass produced for the first time.Slide11
Photos at Antietam Slide12
Photos at AntietamSlide13
Gettysburg: Turning point
July 1-3, 1863. Gettysburg Pennsylvania
The most important battle of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee boldly invades the North.93,000 Union vs 75,000 ConfederatePicket’s Charge
Union casualties in the battle numbered 23,000, while the Confederates had lost some 28,000 men–more than a third of Lee’s army. The North rejoiced while the South mourned, its hopes for foreign recognition of the Confederacy erased.Slide14
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg National Cemetery was dedicated by President Abraham Lincoln a brief four months after the Battle
.
Lincoln's speech lasted only two minutes, but it went into history as the immortal Gettysburg Address. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQFTCOiEFk0“The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here
.”Slide15
Sherman’s March to the Sea
General William Tecumseh Sherman, Nov. 1864-December 1864
Led his army through Georgia marching from Atlanta to Savannah.
Burning each Confederate town and supply storage along the wayCrippling blow to Confederate morale, and military hopes.Slide16
Armistice at Appommatox
Court House
April 9,
1865Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered
his approximately 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox
Court House, Virginia,
E
ffectively the
American Civil War (1861-65).