Four Minutes End Unit 2 Introduction How

Four Minutes End

Unit 2 Introduction: How do we resolve conflict?

Unit 2: The Civil War & Reconstruction Unit Question: How do we resolve conflict? Major Themes Sheet GQ#1 – Why did the Civil War last four years?

Unit 2: The Civil War & Reconstruction Unit Question: How do we resolve conflict? Major Themes Sheet GQ#1 – Why did the Civil War last four years? Gallery Walk & Chart Article So what?

Rating the North & the South

Men Present for Duty

Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

Mobilizing for War - CSA

Mobilizing for War - Union 2 million + served Food & Supplies no problem Business organization & transportation a huge advantage! Enrollment Act 1863 – Substitution – Commutation - $300

Financing the War Huge Money Needs Confederate property tax & Script Union Income Tax War Bonds Legal Tender Act – Greenbacks, Inflation National Bank Act 1863 Size & Power of Government?

Political Leadership in Wartime Need for Government Power Copperheads Radicals Nature of Confederacy

advantages of each side

causes of each side

Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan “Anaconda Plan”

Lincoln Secures the Border States

significant civil war events

Significance?

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac (Virginia)

civil war diplomacy france & england commerce raiders – css alabama – laird rams the trent affair emancipation

Significance?

War in the East: 1861 -1862

slavery & the war is the war about slavery? “contrabands” confiscation acts the border states – compensated emancipation? emancipation proclamation

The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

Gettysburg Casualties

Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864

Presidential Election of 1864

The Progress of War: 1861 -1865

Key Civil War Battles Ft. Sumter 1861 First Manassas (Bull Run) 1861 Antietam 1862 – Emancipation Gettysburg 1863 Vicksburg 1863 Atlanta 1864

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

End of the War - 1865 April 9 – Appomattox Court House April 14

Effects of War Political Change – Politics, civil liberties, Power of President – “A more perfect Union” – States Rights? Secession? – Republican Party – Democratic Party Economic Change – South – North – Taxes Social Change – Women – Draft – End of Slavery – 13 th Amendment

What are the big issues facing Lincoln & the US government now that the war is over? Discuss with your group & make a “Top 3” list.