warm-up9/17 today is constitution day. what do you think the purpose of the u.s. constitution is?
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WARM-UP 9/17
Today is CONSTITUTION DAY.
What do you think the purpose of the U.S.
Constitution is?
Written in 1787Written in secret
Mostly put together by James Madison
7 Original Articles10 Original Amendments(17 more have been added)
Battles of the
CIVIL WAR
Wait! What is the difference between a “war” and a “battle”?
ar – a period of hostile relations
attle – a fight between armed forces
kirmish – fighting that breaks out briefly
One more definition:
asualty (n.) a soldier who can no longer fight due to death, injury or capture
Approx 10,000 battles in the war, about 50 were large scale
40% - in Virginia & Tennessee
No geographic objective, only to kill soldiers and weaken the enemy. (war of attrition)
Civil War Battles
Estimated losses of NorthBattle deaths: 110,070
Disease: 250,152
Estimated losses of SouthBattle deaths: 94,000
Disease: 164,000
620,000
Twice as many soldiers died from disease during the war than battle deaths. Why?
Total Deaths of the
Civil War:
•Battle•Poor hygiene•Bad water•Poor diets•OvercrowdingDiseases like tuberculosis,
dysentery, lyme disease and typhoid fever.
Causes of high deaths:
What emotion might you have if you were an 18
year old wanting to fight for your country and saw
the following picture?
What about this one?
The horrors of war were difficult to grasp unless
you were there…
Minie Ball
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICi3uV9Tbo
Civil War Hospitals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICi3uV9Tbo
•Postal service•Telegraphs
•Drums or trumpets
Drums!?!
Communication:
1st battle : FORT SUMTERBATTLES BATTLES
Ap
ril 1861
BATTLES BATTLES
1st battle : FORT SUMTER
OFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVEOFFENSIVE/DEFENSIVE
This picture has something to do with the next Civil War battle. What do you think is
going on here?
Next: Battle of Bull Run / (Manassas)
BATTLES BATTLES
July
1861
The end of innocence
Battle of Bull Run/Manasses
Location•Virginia
Offense•Union – 35,000 soldiersDefense•Confederacy – 20,000
Casualties•4,700 total Significance:
Both sides realized this would not be an easy, or short, war. The “Great Skidaddle”
The end of innocence
Battle of Bull Run / (Manassas)
Hero: Confed Major Thomas Jackson•From Virginia. •Grew up poor and was made fun of at Westpoint Military Academy. •Became a brilliant military strategist.
•Jackson and his men were said to have been “standing like a stone wall” against the enemy at Bull Run. Afterward, the nickname stuck, and Jackson was promoted to major general for his courage and quick thinking on the battlefield.
“STONEWALL
JACKSON”
•When the North named a battle, they named it
after the closest stream
• When the South named a battle, they
named it after the closest town.
I noticed there are two names for that battle. What’s up with that?
SEA BATTLES SEA BATTLES When we think of Civil War battles we tend to think blood and mud. But many Civil War battles were fought on water!
GETTING INTO POSITIONGETTING INTO POSITION
• General Winfred Scott asked Lincoln to allow him to put up a complete naval blockade around the South.
• Why do you think Scott wanted to do this?
THE ANACONDA PLANTHE ANACONDA PLAN
•Prevented the cotton trade
•Kept imports from getting through
•Prevented aid from Great Britain
• Reduced the number of ships entering southern ports from 6,000 to 800 per year.
UNION BLOCKADE
Ships: Frigates
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DICi3uV9Tbo
Ships: IroncladsCSA built the 1st Ironclad
(CSS Virginia) USA then built one
(USS Merimac)
Ships: Ironclads
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Ships: Ironclads
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Ironclads at Hampton RoadsBATTLES BATTLES
Marc
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1862
BATTLES BATTLES
Hampton Roads – The USS Monitor sailed to Hampton Roads crossing at Virginia and confronted the CSS Virginia. After several hours of fighting, neither
ship was severely damaged but the Monitor forced the Virginia to withdraw.
Casualties: 464
Significance: the days of wooden warships powered by sails and wind were drawing to a close.
May 1862 David Farragut
sailed through the Gulf of Mexico and captured the strong southern port of New Orleans.
CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS
The capture of this vital southern city was a huge blow to the Confederacy.
Look at the map. Come up with 2 reasons WHY.
1. It gave the Union forces complete control over entrance to the Mississippi River
2. It split the Western Confederates from the Eastern Confederates
Turn to page 513 in your textbook. Read the whole paragraph on the far right that starts with “The South hoped to….”
If you finish before everyone else, take a few minutes to browse through the Civil War pages and see the pictures, graphs, etc.
WARM-UP 9/19
LIST seven (7)things you might experience as a civilian during the Civil War . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
7.
WARM UP SEPT 21
