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The Civil War And Reconstruction 1860-1867

The Civil War And Reconstruction 1860-1867. The events leading up to succession/war Hostilities Begin Fort Sumter—N surrenders the fort. Lincoln calls for volunteers More Succession/Some Stay!. Strengths . North . South. Advantages Vast Size Home Turf Better Generals

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The Civil War And Reconstruction 1860-1867

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  1. The Civil War And Reconstruction1860-1867 The events leading up to succession/war Hostilities Begin Fort Sumter—N surrenders the fort. Lincoln calls for volunteers More Succession/Some Stay!

  2. Strengths North South Advantages Vast Size Home Turf Better Generals More Politically/Militarily Experienced President Disadvantages SmallerPopulation Smaller Industrial Base • Advantages • Wealth • Finances • Industry • Agriculture • Railroad • Navy • Disadvantages • exp. Generals • Divided Population

  3. Strategies • North---Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan • South---Fight To a Draw • The Union Preserved • Union Victories in the West • The Success of Northern Diplomacy • The War at Sea • Antietam Creek

  4. Proclamation without Emancipation • The EP freed slaves in the not yet conquered South, but slaves in the Border States and conquered states were not. • Lincoln freed the slaves in the areas where he could and wouldn’t free slaves where he could. • The EP was controversial and some soldiers deserted refused to fight for abolition. • However, since many slaves, upon hearing about the EP, left their plantations, and began to undermine the Southern workforce • Southerners screamed that Lincoln was just stirring up trouble and seeking a slave insurrection. • Politics?????

  5. Blacks Battle Bondage • At first no enlistment…..eventually 10% of the union Army • Until 1864 the South did not recognize Blacks as POWs----Executed “Remember FT Pillow” • Not all left their place with the writing of the EP----waited until the area was conquered.

  6. The Home Front • The Homestead Act • The Morrill Land Act • Provision of the Conscription Act • Food Scarcity ---Bread Riot in Richmond • National Banking Act 1863 • Habeas Corpus/ ex. Parte Merryman (1861)

  7. The Politics of War • Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War • Radical Republicans • Northern Dems split---War Dems/Peace Dems • Copperheads---denounce the War and Lincoln • Clement L. Vallandigham---leader

  8. The Election of 1864 • Republicans joined by War Dems= Union Party • Copperheads and Peace Dems nominate George McClellan • Union Party nominates Tenn. Man Andrew Johnson to ensure War Dems vote for Lincoln • Lincoln/Johnson win 212-12 pop. Vote closer • As Union wins at New Orleans and Atlanta

  9. Emancipation Proclamationand Back to the War • January 1 1863----E. P. • Lincoln searches for the right Military leaders • Lincoln finds Grant---outnumbers Lee and defeats him in the “Wilderness” Campaigns • Outrage over casualties • Sherman Takes Atlanta---Sherman’s March • The Surrender April 9th 1865 Appomattox Courthouse Va. • Lincoln Shot. April 14th 1865.

  10. Lincoln Shot • John Wilkes Booth • Martyrdom • Southern Reaction • Cost of the War 600,000 $15B • The Future and Reconstruction

  11. Reconstruction 1865-1877 • Problems/Questions • Freed Blacks • How to Reform the Union? • Who would control Reconstruction • What to do with Confederate Leaders? • Freedmen---Freedman’s Bureau Oliver O. Howard • Andrew Johnson

  12. Reconstruction Presidential Radical Republican Wade-Davis Bill Freedman’s Bureau 13th Amendment • Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction • Ten Percent Plan

  13. Unit Test • Multiple Choice and IDs Tuesday thanks to the weather!!! • DBQ During next unit!

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