Wednesday

1. Wednesday March 7th

2. A Glance at the Week Update! • Wednesday: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln • Thursday: • End of the Civil War, • What Freedom Meant for Slavery. • Study Guide Distribution • Friday: America: The Story of Us • Civil War Episode Monday: Review Tuesday: Civil War Exam

3. Bell ringer • Have you ever had a dream that came true? Have you had any reoccurring dreams?

4. Lincoln’s Dream • He told this dream to his good friend and biographer. • It occurred April 11th, 1865 • A haunting dream where he saw the face of his own death. • 3 days later Lincoln’s nightmare became a reality. • Died

5. Popcorn read article • Discuss his death • Video clip • Homework: • Create cartoon or newspaper article about Lincoln’s death.

6. The Assassination of Abe Lincoln

7. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln • Occurred on Good Friday • He was an exemplary Christian • Died for the original sin of , slavery. • The Great Benefactor was dead…what happened? • Penn Ave Whitehouse hundreds of colored people, weeping and wondering their fate…

8. John Wilkes Booth • Considered himself an “instrument of God” • His family was heavily investigated, all Held as primary suspects. • Man hunt for the assassin, as he went on a daring escape.

10. Booth’s Escape Route

11. The Death of Booth • Bullet paralyzed the spine, he couldn't’t move he was dragged out and lived for three more agonizing hours. • Captured by Lieutenant Baker! • He was killed on April 26th, 1865. • He was 26 years old.

12. So possessed, he honestly thought this would make him a national hero in history. • Cold. Wet and hungry with a broken leg, the one thing he requested were newspapers.

13. Ford’s Theatre Washington D.C. • Occurred on Good Friday • He was an exemplary Christian • Died for the original sin of , slavery. • The Great Benefactor was dead…what happened? • Penn Ave Whitehouse hundreds of colored people, weeping and wondering their fate…

14. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. • North and Lincoln critics of Lincoln began to reflect on their hatred. Was it that sincere?

15. 8 conspirators who felt the wrath of a nation. • Hash treatment to all 8. • Sentencing was swift and severe. • 4 were sentenced to death by hanging • Other 4 were given life sentences.

16. Lincoln’s Funeral • Grandest parade in US History • Wednesday, April 19th 1865 • Tens of thousands wore badges to commutate his life. -Robert and Todd in front, Mary Remained grieving in the White House 17, 000 mile trip home to…

17. Secretary of StateWilliam Seward • A grand conspiracy against Lincoln’s Presidential cabinet. • Other examples like this in US History? • Johnson was found sleeping in his bed. The conspirator against the VP backed out last minute.

20. Tonight’s Homework • Using your notes from the discussion, the video clip we watched and your Assassination summary, create one of the following: • a comic that portrays the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. A newspaper article announcing Lincoln’s assassination. Based on what city/ side of the war you are writing from your perspective of the news will strongly differ. You may want to do some research as to how newspapers did react. This should be one page in your notebook.

21. Actor inside job.

23. Bell ringer • What was the final outcome and impact of the Civil War? Who won? How did this war reshape the landscape of our nation? What fundamental changes occurred?

24. Similarities between Kennedy and Lincoln • Many historians have pointed out striking coincidences between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Can you think of any?

25. End is Near • With Confederate troops growing more and more desperate, southerners began to talk of peace. • Lincoln sat down with Confederate leaders, but were unable to produce any results. • One reason for that is because Lincoln and Congress had passed the 13thAmendment and it was passed in December of 1865.

26. The Emancipation Proclamation • It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion, thus applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at that time. • The Proclamation made abolition a central goal of the war (in addition to reunion)

28. End is Near… • The Thirteenth Amendment outlawed slavery in the United States. • Southerners were unwilling to accept a future without slavery. • Lincoln’s next top priority: bringing Confederate states back to the Union.

29. December 1865 • 13th Amendment is ratified • April 2nd, 1865 • General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant • April 14th, 1865 • Lincoln is assassinated

30. In the end… • By the spring of 1865, the war was over. • At the cost of 620,00 lives and the destruction of the southern economy and much of its landscape • Some 4 million enslaved Americans had seized their freedom. • Now a newly shaped nation must come to terms with the end of slavery and reconstruct a crumbled South.

31. This Morning’s Work Session • 1. Complete Lincoln Assassination Cartoon/Article • 2. Read pages 392-395 in your textbook and answer the following in a one page reflection: • What were some of the reasons the North prevailed in the Civil War? • What were some lasting effects of the civil war? 3. Complete Gettysburg Translation/Reflection 4. Complete Civil War Map Civil War Exam Tuesday!