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Civil War

Learn about the Secession Convention in South Carolina, its importance to the state, the significance of Fort Sumter in the Civil War, and the impact of Sherman's March. Explore the events that led to the secession of southern states and the formation of the Confederate States of America.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War • Secession Convention • Fort Sumter • Union Blockade • Sherman’s March

  2. Secession Convention hyperlinked

  3. What was the Secession Convention?Why was it important to South Carolina? • The members met as a result of the election of President Abraham Lincoln. • Almost all members voted to secede from the Union. • They signed the Ordinances of Secession. • South Carolina was the first to secede even before President Lincoln was sworn in as President. • How would you have voted if you had been a member of that council?

  4. Other Southern states decided to follow South Carolina’s lead and secede as well. Soon, these states formed their own nation and called themselves the Confederate States of America. This is also known as the Confederacy. Mississippi Alabama Georgia

  5. The members of the Confederacy wrote a constitution and elected Jefferson Davis as their president. hyperlinked

  6. What happened next? • The Confederacy began to form an army, and take over forts that belonged to the National Government.

  7. What is Fort Sumter? What is the significance of Fort Sumter in the Civil War? hyperlinked

  8. President Abraham Lincoln would not recognize the Confederate split from the Union and sent supplies to the federal troops at Fort Sumter.

  9. Fort Sumter • Confederate soldiers (fighting for slavery) ordered Union soldiers (fighting for the Gov.) to leave Fort Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor. They felt it belonged to them because it was in South Carolina. The Union soldiers refused to obey! (No Way, We want go!) hyperlinked

  10. This made the Confederate soldiers extremely angry!!!! • The Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter before the supply ships that Abraham Lincoln had sent could arrive. These were the shots that started the Civil War!!!!

  11. Why were these shots important to South Carolina and the Civil War? Stop here and write your response in your notebook.

  12. To review what we learned yesterday, this is an example of life at this historical time: A Virginia Family

  13. What response did the Union have? • US Navy or Union Soldiers blockaded the port of Charleston and brought great hardships. The Confederate Army could not get much needed food and supplies.

  14. Union Blockade hyperlinked

  15. Preparation for War • South Carolina depended on the export of cotton in exchange for imports of much needed war supplies from Europe. Export Import hyperlinked

  16. What would the Confederacy do? • The Hunley- The Confederates developed the first submarine to break the blockade. • It was the first submarine to sink an enemy war ship, but it sank and wasn’t effective in breaking the Union Blockade of the port of Charleston. hyperlinked

  17. Geography of Charleston’s Harbor Charleston’s harbor was able to be guarded by the Confederacy at 3 forts: Fort Sumter, Fort Beauregard, and Fort Wagner. The H.L. Hunley was sent to attack Union ships in the harbor.

  18. Fighting and the Civil War… • Most fighting took place outside of South Carolina. Fighting came to the state when Union forces took over Port Royal near Hilton Head.

  19. Sherman’s March • What was Sherman’s March?

  20. General Sherman • He crossed Georgia and South Carolina to split the Confederacy. This was known as the tactic of total war. He was trying to end the war- as quickly as possible.

  21. Sherman’s “March to the Sea”… hyperlinked

  22. What happened? They marched from Atlanta to Savannah burning and looting farms and plantations. They continued from Savannah to Columbia. The city of Columbia burned and they headed North to the North Carolina border.

  23. What was the purpose of Sherman’s March to the Sear? • They wanted to destroy available supplies and anything important to the economy in an effort to end the war and convince civilian population to end the war.

  24. What was the significance? • Location of Fort Sumter? • Blockade of Charleston? • Sherman’s March? Write in your notebook, the significance of each of these three events.

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