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Slide 2 Tuesday: Lincoln and Beginning of the War 1 st Inaugural Address Wednesday: Major battles Gettysburg Address Maps Thursday: The End of the War Emancipation Proclamation Friday: Review Slide 3 Friday, 1/23 In-class After school by appointment Monday, 1/26 In-class HOMEWORK CAF TUTORING 3:00-4:00 Tuesday, 1/27 EXAM (1 hour) Slide 4 Non-cumulative Antebellum/Civil War ONLY Will count as a Test grade In class Tuesday, 1/27 60 minutes long Scantron (multiple choice) Some passage-based Slide 5 In Antebellum America, tensions were mounting Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas Expansion conflict over slavery Lincoln elected 1860 Secession of Southern states http://www.history.com/topics/american- civil-war/american-civil-war- history/videos/us-inches-closer-to-war http://www.history.com/topics/american- civil-war/american-civil-war- history/videos/us-inches-closer-to-war Slide 6 Read excerpts of his address: what does he discuss? What is his tone? What is the message? Slide 7 1 st battle of the Civil War April 12-14, 1861 Claiming this United States fort as their own, the Confederate army opened fire on the federal garrison Lincoln called on volunteers to suppress this "insurrection" Result: Four more slave states seceded and joined the Confederacy Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Lincoln was a newly inaugurated President. One state seceded from the Union soon after he was elected, and the Fort Sumter disaster occurred soon after he was in office. 7 states are currently out of the Union. What do you do? Slide 11 Manifest Destiny Antebellum Civil Secession Union Confederacy Republican Party Fugitive Slave Act Fort Sumter Slide 12 Continue to work on History Fair! Full draft due by the 29 th Slide 13 1862 marked the beginning of more large- scale battles Most battles occurred in the South or in border states Slide 14 Civil War in 4 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1VX_g 8JZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1VX_g 8JZM Slide 15 Slide 16 http://www.history.com/topics/american- civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg http://www.history.com/topics/american- civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg July 1 st -3 rd, 1863 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Confederate General Lee defeatedending his attempt to invade the North Nearly 50,000 casualties and losses total RESULT: Decisive Union victory Slide 17 Slide 18 Naval strategy by Lincoln and the Union to take control of Confederate ports 3,500 miles of Gulf and Atlantic coast New Orleans, Mobile, and other port cities were slowly blocked from trading Slide 19 May 18 th -July 4 th, 1863 Critical battle for control of the Mississippi RESULT: Grant (Union general) won the surrounding region and effectively cut off Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi Slide 20 November-December, 1864 Destructive civilian campaign in Georgia General William T. Sherman led a 300-mile march RESULT: decisive psychological victory for the Union, destruction of land and property in the South Slide 21 Slide 22 Slide 23 Population:22,300,000 9,100,000 (3.5 million slaves) Factories:110,00018,000 Shipping (tonnage):4,600,000290,000 Workers:1,300,000110,000 Cotton Production:43,000 bales5,344,000 bales Wheat and Corn Production:698,000,000 bushels314,000,000 bushels Slide 24 Women and slaves took on many home front jobs Slide 25 Insubordination increased on plantations Slide 26 Women and slaves took on many home front jobs Insubordination increased on plantations Unrest in poor southern communities, poor northern communities Slide 27 Women and slaves took on many home front jobs Insubordination increased on plantations Unrest in poor southern communities, poor northern communities Thousands of slaves fled to union lines in the early months of the war (before the EP) Slide 28 Slide 29 Deaths Home-front suffers (more in the South Union victory Resources depleted End of slavery