Civil War

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Civil War

• Alvin E. Busse Jr.

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Rationale

• It is important for 11th grade social studies
  students to understand the significance of and
  reasons behind the Civil War.

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Objectives

• Students will be able to
• Locate the East Region including Fort Sumpter on
  a map with 100 accuracy.
• Discuss the importance of the Civil War.
• Explain two or three reasons why the War in the
  East was crucial to the Civil War.

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CIVIL WAR
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CIVIL WAR

• Civil War in the East
• August 1861 to September 1862

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Reasons for the CIVIL WAR
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Fugitive Slave Law

• The accused slaves did not have the benefit of
  jury trials, nor could they testify on their own
  behalf.

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Dred Scott Decision

• In 1857, a case came about that some people
  including President Buchanan hoped would settle
  issues that divided North and South.
  Unfortunately, the Supreme Courts decision
  divided Americans even more.

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Freeport Doctrine

• During the Lincoln-Douglas debates, one of which
  took place in Freeport, Illinois, Senator Douglas
  refused to pass a slave code. No slaveholder
  would bring slaves into a territory without such
  laws. Douglass answer became known as the
  Freeport Doctrine.

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Failure to Compromise

• Tie all the three reasons together

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Other reasons for the CIVIL WAR are

• Debate over Kansas was impassioned in both houses
  of congress.
• Charles Sumner was beaten unconscious in the
  Senate chambers by the cousin of Senator Andrew
  Butler.
• Sumner was unable to return to the Senate for 3.5
  years. His empty seat became a shrine to those
  opposed to slavery.

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CIVIL WAR

• What was the first battle of the Civil War in the
  East?

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CIVIL WAR

• How would you classify the type of fighting that
  went on at Fort Sumpter?

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CIVIL WAR

• The previous facts lead to more discussion such
  as
• Debate over Kansas was impassioned in both houses
  of congress.
• Which statements support that President Lincoln
  discussed the situation with his Advisors?

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CIVIL WAR

• Assessment - For homework--
• You are to prepare a one page written comparison
  and contrast of three important events of the War
  in the East.