GOAL THREE 3.03

1
GOAL THREE3.03

• Crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction
• (1848-1877)
• The learner will analyze the issues that led to
  the Civil War, the effects of the war, and the
  impact of Reconstruction on the nation.
• Identify political and military turning points of
  the Civil War and assess their significance to
  the outcome of the conflict.

2
First Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas

• At Bull Run, a creek, Confederate soldiers
  charged Union men who were en route to besiege
  Richmond. Union troops fled back to Washington.
  Confederates didn't realize their victory in time
  to follow up on it. First major battle of the
  Civil War - both sides were ill prepared.

3
John Wilkes Booth

• An actor, planned with others for six months to
  abduct Lincoln at the start of the war, but they
  were foiled when Lincoln didn't arrive at the
  scheduled place. April 14, 1865, he shot Lincoln
  at Ford's Theatre and cried, "Sic Semper
  Tyrannis!" ("Thus always to tyrants!") When he
  jumped down onto the stage his spur caught in the
  American flag draped over the balcony and he fell
  and broke his leg. He escaped on a waiting horse
  and fled town. He was found several days later in
  a barn. He refused to come out the barn was set
  on fire. Booth was shot, either by himself or a
  soldier.

4
Antietam

• a turning point of the war and a much-needed
  victory for Lincoln bloodiest single-day battle,
  named after a nearby sluggish creek.

5
Vicksburg

• besieged by Grant and surrendered after six
  months.

6
Gettysburg

• 90,000 soldiers under Meade vs. 76,000 under Lee.
  Began when Confederates were looking for shoes.
  Lasted three days, July 1-3, 1863 and the North
  won.
• Turning point of the Civil War

7
Gettysburg Address

• (November 19, 1863), speech delivered by Abraham
  Lincoln at dedication ceremonies for a national
  cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The
  featured speaker, Edward Everett, gave a two-hour
  oration, but it was Lincoln's brief remarks that
  have come to be recognized as classic. The
  address, expressing grief for the dead and
  emphasizing the need to maintain the principles
  they had died to uphold, ended with the hope that
  "government of the people, by the people, and for
  the people shall not perish from the earth."
  Lincoln's ten sentences are the most famous
  speech in American history and, it has been
  argued, recast the principles of American
  government.

8
Writ of Habeas Corpus

• a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a
  judge.

9
Election of 1864

• Lincoln ran against Democrat General McClellan.
  Lincoln won 212 electoral votes to 21, but the
  popular vote was much closer. (Lincoln had fired
  McClellan from his position in the war.)

10
William Shermans March

• A demolishing march to the see by Shermans army
  in which they burned and destroyed everything in
  their path.

11
Anaconda Plan

• three part plan in which the union used to starve
  out the Confederacy
• 1) establish a blockade
• 2) go up the Mississippi and cut the Confederacy
  in two
• 3) capture the Confederate capital at Richmond

12
Copperheads

• Lincoln believed that anti-war Northern Democrats
  harbored traitorous ideas and he labeled them
  "Copperheads", poisonous snakes waiting to get
  him.

13
Emancipation Proclamation

• September 22, 1862 - Lincoln freed all slaves in
  the states that had seceded, after the Northern
  victory at the Battle of Antietam. Lincoln had no
  power to enforce the law.