Civil War Review

1. Civil War Review No Phones No Chatting Just Participate.

2. SSUSH 8 Cues/ Questions Abolitionism • Notes • Dominated by Quakers @ First • Northwest Ordinance bans slaver in Northwest Territory – 1787 • Early Abolitionism focused on relocating African Americans back to Africa • Notable Abolitionists • William Lloyd Garrison • Temperance & Women’s Suffrage • Newspaper Editor of The Liberator • Frederick Douglas • Former Slave • Worked & Travelled with Garrison • Newspaper Editor of The North Star • Grimke Sisters • Angelina & Sarah • Southern Aristocrats • Rejected their family’s position • Gave Lectures – Travelled with Garrison Summarize @ Each Page Ending

3. SSUSH 8 Cues/ Questions Abolitionism (Continued) • Notes • Nat Turner’s Rebellion • African American Slave and preacher • Saw a Solar Eclipse in 1831 • Believed that God was giving him a ‘sign’ • Led slave rebellion – killing nearly 60 white men, women, and children • Captured and executed • Led to the victimization of innocent African-Americans by white seeking revenge for the Rebellion • Led to even stricter Slave Codes Summarize @ Each Page Ending

4. SSUSH 8 Cues/ Questions Mexican- American War • Notes • Causes: • President James K Polk • 1845 Texas admitted into Union (US) • Fighting over borders w/ Mexico • Polk orders US troops into disputed territory • US soldiers are shot at • Polk declares War • The War • Zachery Taylor & Winfield Scott = US Generals • Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848 • Ends the War • Rio Grande = recognized border between US and Mex • California and New Mexico = US • US pays $15 mil to Mex Summarize @ Each Page Ending

5. SSUSH 8 Cues/ Questions Mexican- American War (Cont.) • Notes • Results for Slavery • Wilmot Proviso = • House of Rep David Wilmot proposed to ban slavery in all former Mex territories • Compromise of 1850 = • Est. New Mexico out of Texas • California = Free • N. Mex = popular sovereignty • Est Fugitive Slave Laws • Washington DC banned slave trade but allowed the practice • Sectionalism continues Summarize @ Each Page Ending

6. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Key Figures • Notes • Union • Lincoln = • Pres • Appointed Grant as Commander of US army • Issued Emancipation Proclamation • Promoted 13th Amendment • Grant = • Victory @ Vicksburg, MS • Accepted defeat of Rob. E. Lee Summarize @ Each Page Ending

7. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Key Figures (Cont.) • Notes • Union (Cont.) • General Sherman • Destroyed Atlanta • “Total War” • March to the Sea • “40 Acres & a Mule” • Confederate (CSA) • Jefferson Davis = President CSA • Appointed Lee as Commander of CSA armies • Gen. Robert E. Lee • Commander of CSA armies • Defeated @ Gettysburg • Surrendered to Grant @ Appomattox Courthouse in Va Summarize @ Each Page Ending

8. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Key Figures (Cont.) • Notes • Confederate (CSA) Cont. • General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson • Victory @ First Battle of Bull Run • Considered brilliant tactician • Died by accident @ Battle of Chancellorsville Summarize @ Each Page Ending

9. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Key Battles • Notes • Fort Sumter – 1861 • First battle of Civil War • US Fort in Charleston Harbor • US troops receive fire for 24 hours before given orders to return fire • Civil War begins • Antietam – 1862 • Union Victory • Lincoln issues Emancipation Proc Summarize @ Each Page Ending

10. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Key Battles (Cont.) • Notes • Gettysburg – 1863 • 3 Day Battle in PA • Gen Lee surges to Union territory • Union Victory • Beginning of the end for CSA • Lincoln gives Gettysburg Address • Vicksburg – 1863 • Union Victory – Grant - on the MS River • Gave Union control of entire MS River • Cut CSA in ½ • Atlanta – 1864 • Union Victory – Sherman • Began Sherman’s March to the Sea (to Savannah) • Cut CSA into 3rds Summarize @ Each Page Ending

11. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Emancipation Proclamation • Notes • Issued 1862 after Union victory at Antietam • Executive Order • Freed slaves in states and territories in rebellion • Does NOT free slaves in Border States (Union States on the Border with the CSA) Summarize @ Each Page Ending

12. SSUSH 9 Cues/ Questions Economy & Resources of The North & South • Notes • The Union was superior in every way with regard to money and resources Summarize @ Each Page Ending

13. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction • Notes • Reconstruction = Battle • Radical Republicans (Congress) VS Lincoln & Johnson • Presidential Reconstruction = Lenient on the South • Confederate States had to adopt the 13th Amendment • 10% of Citizens had to swear oath of allegiance to the Union • Congressional Reconstruction was Harsh on the South • Confederate States had to adopt 13th , 14th, & 15th Amendments • Guarantee Suffrage for African-Americans Summarize @ Each Page Ending

14. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Reconstruction “40 Acres & a Mule” • Notes • January 1865 • Gen Sherman issued a Field order • African-American families were to be given 40 acres of land and a mule • Program was never implemented • President Johnson rescinded the order Summarize @ Each Page Ending

15. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Reconstruction Freedmen’s Bureau • Notes • March 1865 • Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands • Transition for slaves into civilian life • No permanent land grants were given • President Johnson did not support the Bureau and White Southerners refused to honor the Bureau Summarize @ Each Page Ending

16. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Reconstruction Resistance • Notes • Black Codes • Southern States were not forced to grant equality to freed slaves • These local laws kept newly freed slaves in a state of dependence on their former masters • Ku Klux Klan • Founded in TN – 1866 • Attacked Northern Whites who moved into the South During Reconstruction • Carried out Vicious attacks on African-Americans Summarize @ Each Page Ending

17. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Reconstruction Congressional Control • Notes • Johnson = Impeached but not Convicted • Election of 1868 • President Ulysses Grant • Radical Republican • Created Military Districts in the South • Martial Law • 1870 – All Confederate States readmitted to the Union • Equality for Blacks and Whites enforced by law and Military Action Summarize @ Each Page Ending

18. SSUSH 10 Cues/ Questions Reconstruction The End of Equality • Notes • Election of 1876 • Rutherford B. Hayes = Republican (moderate) • Compromise of 1877 • Rescinded the Civil Rights Acts of the Reconstruction • Withdrew Military presence from the South • Backlash against African-Americans • Segregation and Violence Summarize @ Each Page Ending