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Chapter 9: The Civil War

Chapter 9: The Civil War. What was on the Iron Clads ?. http://www.history.com/shows/brad-meltzers-decoded/videos/brad-meltzers-decoded-confederate-gold?m=5189717d404fa&s=All&f=3&free=false. The Civil War. Bull Run: July 21 1861. Union General: Irvin McDowell Confederate General:

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Chapter 9: The Civil War

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  1. Chapter 9:The Civil War

  2. What was on the Iron Clads? • http://www.history.com/shows/brad-meltzers-decoded/videos/brad-meltzers-decoded-confederate-gold?m=5189717d404fa&s=All&f=3&free=false

  3. The Civil War

  4. Bull Run: July 21 1861 • Union General: • Irvin McDowell • Confederate General: • Thomas Jackson “Stonewall Jackson” • Victory: • Confederacy • Importance: • Spectators came watch: showed the horrors of war • Going to be a long war

  5. Blockade: March 1862 • Location: • All Confederate ports • Purpose: • Cut off southern supplies • Importance: • Used Iron armor on ships • Ended Wooden ships

  6. The West: February – April 1862Tennessee to New Orleans • Union Generals: • Ulysses S. Grant (West) • Battle of Shiloh – over 20,000died • David G. Farragut (New Orleans) • Confederate Generals: • Bragg, Johnston, Beauregard • Victory: • Union • Impact: • Union took control of West • Grant Gains popularity ……. • Boosted northern morale • Union got control of New Orleans

  7. Seven Days Battle: June 26 – July 2 1862 • Union General: • George B. McClellan • Confederate General: • Robert E. Lee • Victory: • Confederacy • Importance: • McClellan retreats to D.C. • Crushes Northern Moral • McClellan fired • Made Lee a hero in the south

  8. 2nd Bull Run: August 28 – 29 1862 • Union General: • John Pope • Confederate General: • Robert E Lee • Victory: • Confederacy • Impact: • Pope fired • Brought McClellan back • Confederacy was pushing north – Close to D.C.

  9. Antietam: September 17 1862 • Union General: • George B. McClellan • Confederate General: • Robert E. Lee • Victory • Union – Huge • Significance: • Kept Britain form recognizing the Confederacy as a separate nation • Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

  10. The Emancipation Proclamation • Written by: • Abraham Lincoln • Purpose: • Freed all enslaved persons • Impact: • Transformed the Civil War from a war to preserve the Union to a war to liberate slaves

  11. Gettysburg: July 1 – 3 1863 • Union Generals: • George Meade • Joshua Chamberlain • Confederacy: • Robert E. Lee • George E Pickett • Pickets Charge - 7,000 • Victory: • Union • Significance • Turing point of the war! • Farthest the Confederacy would every get • The South's would slowly get pushed south • 51,000 will die

  12. Gettysburg Address By Abraham Lincoln • Purpose • To honor those brave soldiers fought in the battles. • He also stresses the importance of liberty, freedom, and equality. • He wants the nation to be united stronger and that they will better the future generations.

  13. Vicksburg: July 4 1863 • Union General: • Ulysses S. Grant • Confederate General: • Phillip Sheridan • Victory: • Union • Impact: • Union takes control of Mississippi • Divides the Confederacy

  14. “Sherman's March to the Sea”June – December 1864 • Objective: • “Destroy anything you See” • Impact • Got Lincoln re – elected • Demoralized the South

  15. Appomattox Court House: April 9 1865 • End of the Civil War • Congress passed the 13th Amendment • Ended Slavery!

  16. Lincoln’s Assassination: April 14 1865http://www.history.com/shows/brad-meltzers-decoded/videos/brad-meltzers-decoded-the-lincoln-assassination

  17. The Civil War • Impact: • Economic: • Surged Northern manufacturing • Destroyed southern land – Sherman’s Raid • Society: • South was devastated • Africans Americans were “free” • Government / Politics • Helped cement the federal authority • Had to find a new leader / Hero …………………….

  18. America The Story of US—Civil War • http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=america+the+story+of+us+episode+5&qs=n&form=QBVR&pq=america+the+story+of+us+episode+5&sc=3-33&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&mid=A1F2ADA29D3D14B8EDA5A1F2ADA29D3D14B8EDA5

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