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Civil War Key Events

Civil War Key Events. Do Now. Make a T chart for strengths and weaknesses of the North and South going into the Civil War. Strengths Industrialized Weapons Infrastructure Established Government Diversified Economy. Weaknesses Political Divergence Different Views on slavery

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Civil War Key Events

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  1. Civil War Key Events

  2. Do Now • Make a T chart for strengths and weaknesses of the North and South going into the Civil War

  3. Strengths Industrialized Weapons Infrastructure Established Government Diversified Economy Weaknesses Political Divergence Different Views on slavery Let the South leave Fighting a war of Invasion North Strengths and Weakness

  4. Strengths Military Officers Defensive War Well trained soldiers Unified cause Weaknesses Lack of infrastructure Had to establish a government No foreign diplomatic relationships Lack of industrialization Weak economy South Strengths and Weaknesses

  5. Southern Secession Dec. 1860-Feb.1861 • S.C. first to secede • Then Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas • Start of Confederate States of America • Jefferson Davis elected president of Confederacy

  6. Armed Conflict Begins April-July 1861 • Confederates seize Fort Sumter in Charleston S.C. from Union • Lincoln declares a state of insurrection • Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina secede • 1st Major Battle- 1st Battle of Bull Run or Manassas, VA

  7. War of Attrition 1862 • Feb-April- Grant wins victories in TN • March- Battle of Ironclads- Monitor (North) VS. Merrimack (South) • April-Aug.- Lee and Jackson (South) win battles in VA

  8. Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg, MD Sept. 1862 • Northern Victory • Heavy casualties- about 23,000 total • Lee retreats to VA, fails to gain MD • France and England stay out of War • Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation • McClellan (North) relieved of position

  9. Lincoln Preserves the Union? • Attempts to balance order and rights • Suspends Writ of Habeas Corpus 1861 until end of war • Issues Emancipation Proclamation 1862 • Deals with poor military leadership until Grant • Numerous conflicts with Supreme Court Chief Justice Taney

  10. The War Continues Jan-June 1863 • Draws and victories for North and South • No Definitive Victories • South starting to lose some key officers • Lincoln still has not appointed Grant the commander

  11. Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3 1863 • Lee attempts to invade the North • Union forces Confederates to retreat • Turning Point- Beginning of the end for the Confederates • Meade forces Lee to retreat but fails to deliver knock out

  12. War Continues July-Dec. 1863 • Grant wins at Vicksburg • Draft Day Riots in NYC • Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address

  13. African American Soldiers • Paid less than white soldiers • Around 200,000 Africans served in Navy and Army • Participated in combat in 1863-1865 • 54th Regiment of Massachusetts

  14. Closing out the War 1864 • Grant appointed head of the Union Forces • Series of Union Victories • Sherman captures Atlanta, GA and then marches to Savannah • “Sherman’s March to the Sea” scorched earth policy

  15. Final Events of the War 1865 • Jan.- 13th Amendment outlaws slavery • April- Petersburg VA surrenders to Union • Confederates evacuate their capital in Richmond • Union takes Richmond, VA • Lee surrenders at Appomattox Courthouse • Lincoln is assassinated • Reconstruction begins

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