PPT-At Lincoln's side: John Hay’s Civil War Correspondence and Selected Writings

Book by John Hay Michael Burlingame PowerPoint by Katherine Bogart and Brandon Hipsher John Milton Hay October 8 1838 July 1 1905 John Hay was a private secretary and assistant to Abraham . 1861-1865. The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy. Confederate Union. The first States secede . Causes of the Civil War . States Rights. Slavery. January 1854- Kansas Nebraska Act allowed states to decide if they allowed slavery or not… . Legislative Experience. Lincoln must have been the least prepared man ever to be elected president of the United States.. Lincoln was a 1-term congressman from Illinois, elected in 1846. Business Experience. Blockade. . - . sealing . off a place to prevent goods or people from entering . . . or . leaving.. Anaconda Plan . - . North’s Plan to defeat the South during the Civil War. 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? . Texas . Civil War Museum . Music. Women in War. Medicine. The Civil War: Battlefield Medicine, Music & . The . Civil War Soldier with The . Texas . Civil War Museum. Outline . . I. Experience . . 11a: Recognizing key northern and southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler.. th. Grade. Georgia Standards . . . . Historical Understandings. significance to the outcome of the Civil War.. . Which 4 slaveholding states remained loyal to the Union? Why? What were they called?. Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware. Slave-holding interests were minority in state legislatures. Secession. Union. Confederacy. Emancipation Proclamation. Gettysburg Address. People. Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis. Robert E. Lee. Ulysses Grant. 1860. 1861. 1863. 1865. 1863. EVENTS LEADING UP TO CIVIL WAR. At the onset of the election of 1860, people were still reeling over John Brown’s raid and execution and the ever-present question about what would happen with . slavery. . . The issue of government control rose up in conjunction with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act. . Lincoln as President . December 1860 – March 1861 (Buchanan’s Worries / lack of reaction). March 1861 – Lincoln is sworn into office (secretly). Lincoln’s main agenda throughout the Civil War: BRING THE UNION BACK TOGETHER (preservation). Objective. Explain the events of the Civil War, Reconstruction, the African-American racism struggle, and the various inventions and big business of the late 19. th. and early 20. th. century. Guided Note Questions. Leading up to the Civil War….. Many Southerners were afraid of . slave revolts . so what did they do to try and prevent those revolts?. Who were the two most famous men responsible for slave revolts?. (not in notes): Write at least 2 things you know (or think you know) about the Civil War.. Causes of the Civil War- .   . Sectional disagreements and debates over. :. . 1) . tariffs. . (How?) . .