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The American Civil War (1861-1865). Melinda Moore. BELLWORK APRIL 29. Get out study guide. Do questions 35-37 on Chapter 17 Study Guide. Raise your hand when you are finished. Sit quietly until everyone is finished. Border States/slave states / stayed in Union. Delaware Maryland
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TheAmerican Civil War(1861-1865) Melinda Moore
BELLWORKAPRIL 29 • Get out study guide. • Do questions 35-37 on Chapter 17 Study Guide. • Raise your hand when you are finished. • Sit quietly until everyone is finished
Border States/slave states / stayed in Union Delaware Maryland Kentucky Missouri
35. Lincoln wanted to hold on to border states;*Losing border states would increase Confederacy population.**Border states surrounded our nation’s capital.
37. Yankees – Union – North -wanted to preserve the Union 37. Rebels – Confederacy – South -wanted to preserve their way of life even if it meant independence BEGINNING GOALS
38. Yankees – Union – North -larger, free population -more manufacturing capabilities -more railroads -stronger navy -volunteers -Lincoln 39. Rebels – Confederacy – South -knowledge of countryside -fought mostly a defensive war -fought for their property -great generals/Lee Advantages:
“I cannot raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.”40. Robert E. Lee
41. General Winfield Scott’s 3-step strategy to defeat the South: capture Richmond take control of Mississippi River use navy to blockade Southern ports 42. Union’s strategy-Anaconda Plan
43. MS River supplied Confederate troops with supplies from the West.
44. The Confederate “White House” in Richmond, VA located 100 miles from Washington D.C.
45. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas)July, 1861 (first major battle)
46. The Battle of the Merrimack (C) and the Monitor (U) marked the end of wooden warships.
47. The bloodiest single day of fighting occurred along the Antietam Creek during the Battle of Antietam. (1862, over 23,000 casualties) A Bloody Day…
\ 48. Confederates accidentally shot Thomas Stonewall Jackson during the Battle of Chancellorsville – left his arm amputated and he died a few days later.
49. BATTLE OF SHILOHApril 1862, Grant overcame southern forces and took control of western Tennessee getting the Union closer to controlling the MS River. Confederate Union
50. TheEmancipationProclamation (1-1-1863)
3 reasons that Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 1. gain support of antislavery groups 2. broaden the goals of the war 3. discourage foreign powers from helping the South.
52. Hardships: poor camp conditions Biggest problem: disease and infection deadly weapons
*did not support war *wanted to end the War 53. Copperheads 54. Income tax *tax people’s earnings
55. Women of the Civil War: • Clara Barton-Union nurse/founded Red Cross • Worked on farms and industries • Gave out medical supplies • Raised money • Made uniforms/weapons • Disguised as men/fought in battle • Spies
56. Ulysses S. Grant • Hiram Ulysses Grant • Union General • “Unconditional Surrender” • Lincoln’s man to win
Grant’s strategy on Vicksburg 56. siege -a military blockade of an enemy in order to force a surrender 6 weeks for Grant to take Vicksburg
56. Grant’s forces cut off the supply lines to Vicksburg in a strategy called a siege- blockade of a city. Vicksburg - blocked the Mississippi River where the South was getting its supplies. Starving residents ate horses, mules, and dogs. Citizens – forced to stay in city July 4, 1863 – Confederates surrendered
The Road to Gettysburg: 1863 G. Meade
57. The Battle of Gettysburg lasted 3 days. It was a victory for the North and considered the turning point of the War. It was the most celebrated site of “Pickett’s Charge”.
59. Gettysburg Address “We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain……and that government of the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” This is a quote from the Gettysburg Address.
TOTAL WAR: 60. destroying food, supplies, transportation; whatever necessary
1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)
62. Second Inaugural Address –March 4, 1865 “With malice toward none with charity for all, let us strive to bind the nation’s wounds………” One of the finest speeches in American history…… malice – desire to cause harm Pres. Lincoln (R)
63. Surrender at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 64. 4 years
With the country on the brink of war, bachelor president James Buchanan failed to take action to preserve the Union.
Abraham Lincoln guided the Union through the Civil War and proclaimed Slave Emancipation in 1863.