Essential Question for the Civil War:

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Essential Question for the Civil War

• How did the war change America?

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Lincolns call for troops

• It caused Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee,
  Arkansas states to leave the Union

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West Virginia

• 48 Virginia counties separated themselves
  rejoined the union

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Northern Strengths and Southern Weaknesses

• Amount of soldiers, railroads, industries

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Southern Strengths and Northern Weaknesses
Stonewall Jackson

• The South had better generals and more farm land

Robert E. Lee
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North South Comparison
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Main goal of the North

• Preserve the Union/ Reunite the country

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First Battle of Bull Run
Gen. Beauregard
Gen. McDowell

• First major battle of the war

Stonewall Jackson
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First Battle of Bull Run (2)

• Confederates Won

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Blockade runners

• Confederate ships that broke through the Norths
  blockade of Southern Ports

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Monitor versus Merrimack

• First time 2 ironclad ships faced off in war

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Battle of Antietam
Burnside Bridge

• Confederates were forced back south.

Sunken Road
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Battle of Antietam

• 9-17-1862, Bloodiest day in American history

After the battle Lincolns gives the Emancipation
Proclamation
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Lincolns position on the war Slavery
If I could save the Union without freeing any
slave, I would do it and if I could save it by
freeing all the slaves, I would do it and if I
could do it by freeing some and leaving others
alone, I would also do that."
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Emancipation Proclamation

• Freed slaves within any state in rebellion

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Emancipation Proclamation (2)

• Kept Britain France from recognizing the
  Confederacy

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13th Amendment

• Ended slavery in the United States

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African American soldiers

• Becoming soldiers was a step in gaining civil
  liberties

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Reality of War

• New rifles, cannons, trench warfare created a
  lot of death

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Women in the war

• Thousands of women served as nurses

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Clara Barton

• Worked with wounded soldiers as a nurse and later
  founded the American Red Cross

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Copperheads

• Democrats who wanted peace

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Suspension of habeas corpus

• Lincoln suspends the right to a hearing before
  being jailed

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Draft

• This law required men to serve in the army for 3
  years- rioting occurred

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Economy of the North South

• Both economies were hurt with inflation, but the
  war created a boom in clothing, ammunition, and
  food production in the North

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Gettysburg

• The battle started when Confederates were raiding
  the town for shoes when the Union cavalry showed
  up

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Gettysburg
Dead union soldiers
Dead confederate soldier at little round top

• Confederates were forced to return back to the
  south. This was the turning point in the war

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• Lincoln spoke about the countries shared ideals

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Shermans march to the Sea
William Tecumseh Sherman

• Sherman took Atlanta then marched to Savannah
  destroying everything on the way

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Shermans march to the Sea (2)

• Sherman used total war to destroy anything useful
  to the south

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Appomattox Court House-U.S. Grant Robert E. Lee

• Lee surrenders to Grant

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