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The Civil War 1861-1865. Chapter: 11 Pages: 176-193. Vocabulary. BLOCKADE: To keep supplies from getting in or out of a place. CHARITY: Kindness; good will. CONFEDERACY: The southern side in the Civil War. MALICE: Ill will; anger; hatred PROCLAMATION: A public statement.
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The Civil War1861-1865 Chapter: 11 Pages: 176-193
Vocabulary • BLOCKADE: To keep supplies from getting in or out of a place. • CHARITY: Kindness; good will. • CONFEDERACY: The southern side in the Civil War. • MALICE: Ill will; anger; hatred • PROCLAMATION: A public statement. • UNION: The northern side in the Civil War.
Introduction Objectives • Tell why the North expected the Civil War to end so quickly. • Explain why the Civil War was called a “war between brothers.” • Describe where most of the fighting took place. • Tell two things the Civil War decided.
The First Scene • Fort Sumter was the scene of the first fighting of the Civil War. • The Civil War lasted four terrible years after the first battle. • Hundreds of thousands of lives would be lost.
The First Shots • After Abraham Lincoln won the presidential election of 1860. • Shortly after this election seven southern states announced they would no longer be part of the United States. • They elected Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States of America. • Soon after four more states joined the Confederacy.
The First Shots (cont.) • Tension was building because Lincoln did not want the south to succeed in their plans. • War seemed impossible to avoid at this point. • War started at Fort Sumter on an island in the harbor of Charleston, SC. • Leaving the Union like SC did was not a new idea. • Southerners considered leaving the Union since 1832. They thought by doing this they could make their own laws against slavery. • The Civil War started in Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. • Fort Sumter surrendered to the South and the South then had control and claimed their victory by raising the American flag.
Battle of Bull Run • On a bright and sunny day in July of 1861 people in Washington, D.C. with smiling men and women boarded horse and buggy. • These people were not going on a picnic. • They were going to WAR. • Like going to a movie these people followed the soldiers to a stream at Bull Run to watch the North win a battle against the Confederates.
Reasons Why The North Thought They Would Win So Easily • The North had a far larger population then the South. • The North had more people who could fight as soldiers, work in factories, and grow food. • The North had many more factories. • The North could make more guns and cannons. • The North had many more miles of railroad. • They could get soldiers, guns, cannons, and food to the front lines faster than the South.
The Truth Woke Them Up • At Bull Run the North suffered a crashing defeat. • The Southern soldiers sent the Northern soldiers fleeing back to Washington. • The people who came to watch the show were sent back in their wagons to Washington chasing the Northern Army. • The South WON this battle. • Both sides now realized that this was going to be a long, hard war.
Brother Against Brother • Do you have family members and friends leaving to another part of the country? • How would this make you feel?
