The Civil War

Starter: Thursday, March 1

1. What issue is addressed by almost all the parties shown on the chart?

2. Which party believes in nativism? (Hint: refer to your definitions to refresh your understanding of what nativism is)

3. How do you think the number of parties with candidates running in elections affects the election?

Analyze the chart “Major Political Parties 1850-1860” on page 320.

Answer the questions below:

Starter: Monday, March 5Across

(Roger) TaneyBleedingBuchananSumner

RepublicanTreason

(Dred) ScottImmoral

(Jefferson) Davis(Henry) Clay

Down(Harriet) Tubman

LincolnDouglasGreeley

Free SoilNativism

(John) BrownSlavery

(Harriet Beecher) Stowe

1. What is Mary Chestnut’s attitude toward the North? Explain.

2. What does Mary Chestnut say about her conversation with President Jefferson Davis?

3. Describe life in the South during the Civil War.

War Outside My Window: Mary

Chestnut’s Diary of the Civil War

Starter 9/22

• Return to groups and complete charts

• Make sure you have all the information:

• Name of event

• Date(s)

• Brief Account

• Who won

• Significance

The Union vs. The Confederate States of

AmericaThe Union (USA)• The North• Blue• President: Abraham

Lincoln• Capital: Washington, DC• Commander(s): George McClellan; Ulysses S. Grant* GOAL: preserve the Union

The Confederate States of America (The Confederacy)• The South• Gray• President:

Jefferson Davis•Capital:

Richmond, Va.•Commander:

Robert E. Lee•GOAL: preserve states’

rights

AdvantagesSouthern Advantages

• Profits from “King Cotton” provided money for the war effort

• Great military leaders & a strong military tradition

• Soldiers fighting for a “cause” who were highly motivated

Northern Advantages• Larger population so

more fighting power• More factories to

produce war goods• More food production• Extensive railroad system

to transport goods and troops

• Lincoln was a skilled leader

Anaconda PlanThe Union devised a three part

plan to conquer the South:1. Blockade Southern ports with

ships so the South could not export or import;

2. Control the Mississippi River to cut the Confederacy in half; and,

3. Capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Va.

Important Battles PosterMake a poster about your battle

to include the following:

Name of the battleDates of the battle

Brief account of what happened during the battle

Who won?Why is the battle important to the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

Alisha ChrisTashira

Bull RunJasonLexusJordan

ShilohRachealTabithaDamontra

AntietamRoxannaKeta

Gettysburg

SchleyErica

VickburgBrittaneCarlos Mo

Appomattox

ChelseyCarlos Mc

Fort Sumter

DeannaTroyTravis

Bull RunAngeloTia

ShilohMiguelCheryl

AntietamErinVictor

Gettysburg

JoshAngelica

Vicksburg

MichaelCandace

Appomattox

BrandonTiffany

Starter 9/22

• Return to your groups from Friday. Make sure you have included all required information about your battle:

• Name,

• Dates,

• Brief account,

• Who won,

• Why it is important

Fort Sumter

• It was considered a Southern victory

• Lincoln called for volunteers to fight in the war

• The Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, SC on April 12-13, 1861

• These were the first shots fired of the Civil War

Battle of Bull Run• The Battle of Bull

Run was fought on July 21, 1861 in Virginia

• Confederacy led by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (he stood firm against the Union like a “stone wall”)

• The South won!• This was a major

morale boost

Shiloh• The Battle of Shiloh was fought on

April 7, 1862 in Tennessee (considered a “western” battle)

• It is significant because it showed the importance of sending out scouts, digging trenches, and building forts•Union Victory

The Battles of Bull Run & Shiloh proved that the war would be a long one… everyone believed, at first, that

the war would be quick!

Antietam• The Battle of Antietam was on

September 17, 1862 in Antietam, Maryland

• It was the bloodiest single day battle in US History• Northern victory

• Lincoln fired Union commander George McClellan because he was too cautious and not aggressive enough

You’refired

Gettysburg• The Battle of Gettysburg was on

July 1-3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• This was turning point of the war, because the South never won another battle

• Gettysburg Address by Lincoln united the nation after this war (see page 1048)

Vicksburg• The Battle of Vicksburg was fought

on July 4, 1863 in Vicksburg, Mississippi

• Union victory!• The Union accomplished its goal of cutting the Confederacy in two by seizing the Mississippi River (Anaconda Plan)

Appomattox Court House• On April 9, 1865, Southern

commander Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia

Using your textbook:• You and a partner should create a minibook on

the following Civil War leaders

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jefferson Davis

• WT Sherman• US Grant

• RE Lee

• G McClellan

• Stonewall Jackson

• Information should include a visual depiction (picture)

• Union or Confederacy

• Leader’s Role

• Ideas

• Actions

• Importance to Civil War

General Robert E. Lee

1. List some of Lee’s military accomplishments.

2. What was Lee’s “agonizing decision”?

3. How did Lee feel about the North?

4. Your opinion: Is Robert E. Lee a Southern hero or an American hero? Explain.

William Tecumseh Sherman• Sherman was a Union

commander• Believed in the concept

of total war (fighting the civilian population, because they helped support military effort)

• Sherman marched Union troops through the South, to Atlanta, burning everything in his path

Effects of the Civil War

•Established the supremacy of federal authority over the states

•Eventually, slavery was abolished, through legislation (13th Amendment)

•No state would ever try to secede from the Union again

Civil War Test• Causes of the Civil War (the

expansion of slavery was a KEY issue)

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin significance

• Underground RR & Harriet Tubman

• Dred Scott case significance• Significance of Kansas-

Nebraska Act• Southern reaction to

Lincoln’s election• Southern

advantages/Northern advantages

• Robert’s E. Lee’s choice to lead the South

• Anaconda Plan• Why McClellan was fired• Significance of ALL the

battles• Goal of Lincoln in the Civil

War• Purpose of the Gettysburg

Address• Purpose of the Emancipation

Proclamation• General William T. Sherman• Effects of the Civil War