PPT-1861: The Country Goes to War

Lincoln Elected President November 6 1860 Red Lincoln Yellow Bell Blue Douglas Green Breckinridge Purple NonVoting Territories Lincoln Elected President In the 1860 presidential race . Civil . War . By: Jessica Gutierrez Roman. Brief History. The American Civil War . . (slavery. ). (1861-1865). French Intervention in . Mexico (Battle of Puebla) . (1862). Relationship between Mexico and U.S.. Part I:. The Beginning and Major Battles. The beginning…. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, PART I. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, PART I. Secession. With the election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860, Southern states started to secede . Soldiers who fought in Civil War . Roughly 1,264,000 American soldiers have died in the nation's wars--620,000 in the Civil War and 644,000 in all other conflicts.  It was only as recently as the Vietnam War that the amount of American deaths in foreign wars eclipsed the number who died in the Civil War.. 1861-O Half . Dollars. Bill . Bugert. Where was this coin minted?. - The New Orleans Branch Mint!. Images courtesy of Stack’s. Confederate Half Dollar. Outline. 1861-Os: Fact or Fiction. Circa 1861 History in South. JUMBO QUESTIONS 21. Periodization. The authors characterize the Battle of Antietam as the “pivotal point” in the Civil War. Many other historians have formulated arguments for additional military or political turning points in the Civil War. What event would you select for the turning point in the Civil War? . Secession and Fort Sumter. Review. Who was U.S. president during most of the Civil War?. What advantages did the North have over the South at the outset of the Civil War?. What was the primary cash crop in the South when the southern . Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964. Tasks:. Read the . extract from an historian that gives you background on how Russia changed leadin. g up to the start of our course.. Complete the table below based on the reading.. Important strands in Chapter 14. The Nation Divides. The Deep South secedes while the Upper South wavers . (Dec 1860-April 1861) . *. The Confederacy is formed. South Carolina forces the issue: Fort Sumter (April 1861). Causes. Slavery . Sectional Differences. Lifestyle. Culture. Economic Life. N-Finance & Manufacture . S- Crops & Agriculture . North vs. South . NORTH. Potential . fighting and work force (20-25 million citizens)---immigrants contributed greatly. Causes and Effects. &. The people who made it happen. Agenda. Migrations that formed Tennessee. Political Conditions in Tennessee. Military Situation. Cloaks and . Daggars. Starts and Stumbles. Execution. SOUTH CAROLINA IS FIRST TO LEAVE THE UNION ON DECEMBER 20, 1860, FOLLOWED BY MS, FL, AL, GA, LA, AND TX.. FEBRUARY 4, 1861 – CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA ARE FORMED. JEFFERSON DAVIS IS ELECTED ITS FIRST PRESIDENT. Karleigh, Tyler, Olivia . About the Author?. The . author is Charles W. . Gould.. Six out of seven . of his brothers . followed . him into Federal service, thus adding to that chronology of events. The Brothers Gould left their families and farms in central New York to go South with their regiments. Revolution. In the late 1800’s, the . Industrial . Revolution tore one country completely apart. . An . estimated . 1 million people . died. Brother fought brother, towns and cities were burned to the ground, families destroyed, millions of homes lost, and millions of people rendered destitute (poor), without homes, jobs, money or food. . . split their support. Douglas . vs. Breckinridge. Pop . Sov. (N) v. federal protection of slavery (S). Know-Nothings/Whigs. . make last effort. “Constitutional Union Party”-John Bell (moderate).