Warm Up

①  DiscusstheimportanceofthefollowingCivilWarba9les:①  FortSumter:

②  BullRun/Manassas:

③  Shiloh:

④  HamptonRoads:

⑤  AnHetam/Sharpsburg

TheEndOftheCivilWar

TheWarDragsOnI.  In1863theAmericanCivilWarwasenteringthe

thirdyearofviolencebetweennorthandsouth

II.  Lincoln and the Union desired a swift end to the prolonged Civil War

III.  TheCivilWarhasledtohundredsofthousandsof

deathsonbothsidesintwoshortyears

IV.  LincolnwilldoanythingtoendtheCivilWarandgetthesouthtorejointheUSA

The Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863 I.  President Lincoln desired an end to the

conflict between north and south

II.  September 22, 1862 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation

III.  Stated that all slaves in states that were rebelling would be free on Jan. 1 unless the southern states rejoined the Union

A.  Attempting to get the slave states to rejoin the Union and end the war

IV.  No southern state rejoined

V.  Granted freedom to slaves that were in states controlled by the Confederacy

Emancipation Proclamation I.  Lincoln’s goal was preserve the USA and force the

southern states to rejoin the USA II.  The Emancipation Proclamation was an attempt to end the

Civil War quickly III.  The EP freed all slaves in the Confederacy on January 1,

1863 if those states had no rejoined the union IV.  The EP didn’t immediately free the slaves since Lincoln had

no control over those states V.  The EP made compromise between north & south

impossible à war would end with victory & defeat

EMANCIPATIONPROCLAMATIONWORKSHEET

SOCIAL&POLITICALSIDEOFCIVILWAR

CivilWarSocialEffectsI.  African-AmericantroopsfirstservedduringtheCivil

War

II.  UnionandConfederategovernmentspassedconscripHonlaws(dra[)foraddiHonaltroops

A.  Forcedmalesintomilitaryservicei.  Confederacy=malesbetween17-50ii.  Union=males20-25

III.  ConscripHonlawssoonledtodra[riotsfrombothsides

A.  NYCdra[riotsweretheworstinthecountryB.  Irishimmigrantsfoughtbackagainstthedra[byburninglarge

partsofNYCinprotestofdra[

PoliHcalEffectsofCivilWarI.  Both sides faced political problems during the Civil War

A.  Union supporters in Confederacy & Confederate supporters in the Union

II.  Lincoln & Davis suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus (right that you can not be held in jail without cause) to stop opposition supporters

III.  Lincoln controlled news information: telegraph lines, newspapers

IV.  Lincoln will use all his political power to win the war for the Union

THEENDOFTHECIVILWAR

ArmiesClashatGe9ysburg

I.  ImportanceA.  TurningpointofCivilWarB.  SouthinvadestheUnionC.  Southcrippled:Nolongeronoffensive

II.  BackgroundA.  UniondefeatedatFredericksburg&

Chancellorsville

Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863

Pennsylvania

I.  In July 1863 Lee marched his army in Pennsylvania in an attempt to end the war.

II.  For three days the two armies fought

III.  The Confederacy was defeated at the battle of Gettysburg

IV.  The battle was the worst in the entire Civil War

A.  28,000 = C.S.A. à KIA

B.  23,000 = U.S.A. à KIA

TheImpactofGe9ysburg

I.  TheUnitedStateshadneverexperiencedthelossthatitdidatGe9ysburg

A.  30%ofthesoldiersthatfoughtàdied

II.  TheConfederateArmywascrippled&willneverwinanothersignificantba9le

III.  Ge9ysburgistheturningpointoftheCivilWarA.  ItappearedthesouthwouldwinunHlGe9ysburg&

a[erwardsitwascleartheywouldlose

The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863

I.  Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous speech on November 19, 1863, to a crowd gathered at the dedication of Soldier’s National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

II.  The speech changed the way Americans think à before the USA are à after the USA is

III.  Made the nation believe that it is one and not just a collection of states but one united nation

III.TheGe9ysburgAddressI.  ListedreasonswhyUnion

fought

II.  EmphasizedideaofreunificaHon

III.  AssuredpeopleUnionwouldsurvive

IV.  TurnedthewartofavortheUnionArmy

Vicksburg May 2-July 9, 1863

Mississippi

I.  Union leaders still wanted to split the south into two pieces

A.  Anaconda Plan

B.  A divided Confederacy would surrender

II.  In 1863 the Union Army marched to Vicksburg, MS in an attempt to split the south

III.  The Union army successfully split the south into two pieces

IV.  The war is almost over à south is losing

ConfederacyWearsDown

I.  ConfederateProblemsA.  LowmoraleB.  NosuppliesC.  SoldiersdesertD.  Disagreementamong

leaders

II.  Thewarisallbutlost

Sherman’s March to the Sea November 15-December 20, 1864 I.  By 1864 the Civil War is nearing its end

II.  The south has been split in two pieces, cannot break the blockade & has lost thousands of soldiers

III. General William Sherman was given orders to ensure Confederate surrender

IV. Sherman & Union troops march from through Georgia into South Carolina and then to N.C.

V.  Along the way Union soldiers destroyed everything in their path

A.  TOTAL WAR

VI. Union soldiers devastated the southern states with this march

ADefeatedSouth

I.  Sherman’sMarchtotheSeadevastatedthesouthA.  Shermanandhismentookawaysouthernwilltofight

II.  TheConfederateArmyisnearlynonexistenta[erGe9ysburg

III.  Thesouthissplitintotwopiecesandthewariscomingtoanend

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

I.  April 3, 1865 Union troops captured the Confederate capital of Richmond

II.  General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army on April 9, 1865

III.  After four long years of fighting the Civil War is over

IV.  Soldiers were allowed to return home

V.  The south was defeated and would be forced to rejoin the union

Virginia

TheCostofWarI.  TheCivilWarendedwithUnionvictoryforcingthesouthern

statestorejointheUnitedStatesII.  ThewarlastedfouryearsIII.  622,000soldiersdiedasaresultoftheCivilWarIV.  Thenortherneconomyprosperedduringthewarand

becamewealthyV.  ThesouthernstatesweredestroyedbyShermanandthe

waritselfVI.  ThenextstepforournaHonisRECONSTRUCTION

A.  PumngthenaHonbacktogethera[eritwastornapart.