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New Jersey's Progress through the Civil War and Emancipation

Explore how slavery impacted New Jersey, its growth in the 20th century, challenges faced by its people, and transformations by the late 1900s. Learn about the Underground Railroad, Civil War, and key figures in New Jersey's history. Uncover vocabularies and important events that shaped the state.

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New Jersey's Progress through the Civil War and Emancipation

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  1. Social Studies Unit 3Lesson 1 Progress As A State

  2. What Are We Going to Learn? • How did the issue of slavery affect New Jersey? • How did New Jersey grow and change in the early twentieth century? • How did New Jerseyans meet challenges during difficult times? • How had New Jersey changed by the end of the 1900s?

  3. Lesson 1 Vocabulary • emancipate- • To free enslaved people • Underground Railroad- • A system of secret routes

  4. Lesson 1 Vocabulary • Civil war- • War between two groups in the same country • Slave state- • States where slavery was allowed • Free state- • States where slavery was against the law

  5. Lesson 1 Vocabulary • secede- • To leave • Border state- • A state located between the North and South; allowed slavery but did not secede

  6. Lesson 1 How did the issues of slavery affect New Jersey?

  7. Fighting Slavery • African Americans had been forced into slavery for a long time. • Around the 1800’s the people that wanted to end slavery gained popularity. • Abolitionists in New Jersey freed enslaved people (emancipate)

  8. Underground Railroad • NJ abolitionists helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. • Routes led to: Canada- slavery was against the law there • Along their journey, slaves were helped by conductors (people against slavery) • Station- place where many runaway slaves hid

  9. Underground Railroad • William Still- ran a station in Philadelphia • Abigail Goodwin- abolitionist and Quaker from New Jersey • Harriet Tubman- escape slave, risked her life as conductor • 1832-worked for a hotel in Cape May. Used the money to help people on the Underground Railroad.

  10. Question Time! • What was the Underground Railroad? • BRAINPOP!-UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

  11. North & South • 1861- Civil War between North and South over slavery • Southern states- slave states • Northern states- free states

  12. The Civil War Begins • 1860- Abraham Lincoln was elected President. • Lincoln was against slavery • Many southerners thought Lincoln would end slavery, and because of this they seceded (left) the United States and formed their own country called the “Confederate States of America” • Border States (allowed slavery butDID NOT secede): Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri

  13. The Civil War Begins cont. • Lincoln believed in the “Union” and hoped the Southern states would return to the Union (USA) in peace. • April 12, 1861- Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina • CIVIL WAR HAD BEGUN!!

  14. New Jerseyans in the Civil War • 70,000 New Jerseyans fought in the Civil War. • 3,000 were African American • 1863- Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania • Confederate Army retreated, and war was in Union’s favor • April 9, 1865- Confederate General E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulyssess S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in VA. Civil War was over.

  15. Question Time! • How did the Civil War affect New Jersey? BRAINPOP!!-CIVIL WAR CAUSES BRAINPOP!!-CIVIL WAR

  16. Lesson Review 2. How did the issue of slavery affect New Jersey? 3. Why do you think New Jersey had so many stations on the Underground Railroad?

  17. Important People • William Still • Abigail Goodwin

  18. Important People • Harriet Tubman • Abraham Lincoln

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