SSUSH 9 The student will identify key events

SSUSH 9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.

The Civil War (1861 -1865)

Immediate Causes of the Civil War 1. Compromise of 1850 -proposed by Henry Clay • CA. Would by admitted as a free state [gold had accelerated the westward movement]; • No more slave trading in D. C. ; • Stronger fugitive slave laws; • Mexican Cession would be divided into two territories • popular sovereignty would decide free or slave status.

2. Kansas-Nebraska Act-popular sovereignty • led to civil war in Kansas [Bleeding Kansas] in 1854. 3. Dred Scott case (1857) Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that slaves were property and could be taken anywhere.

4. John Brown’s raid (1859) • Brown invaded Virginia with plans for an armed uprising, captured, hanged.

North vs. South in 1861 North South Advantages ? ? Disadvantages ? ?

Rating the North & the South

Railroad Lines, 1860 1. What do RR lines provide in time of war? 2. How is the South at a disadvantage?

The Union & Confederacy in 1861

Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

The Confederate Seal MOTTO “With God As Our Vindicator”

A Northern View of Jeff Davis

Lincoln’s Generals Winfield Scott Irwin Mc. Dowell George Mc. Clellan Joseph Hooker Ambrose Burnside Ulysses S. Grant George Meade George Mc. Clellan, Again!

Mc. Clellan: I Can Do It All!

The Confederate Generals “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest George Pickett Jeb Stuart James Longstreet Robert E. Lee

Battle of Bull Run July, 1861 Confederate Victory

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor (N) vs. The Merrimack (S) Who won?

Making the Connection What were the advantages to an iron clad vs. a wooden ship? What was the significance of the introduction of ironclads?

What were the advantages to an iron clad vs. a wooden ship? 1. 2. 3. w/ stand cannon fire Resist burning Splitter wooden ships What was the significance of the introduction of ironclads? – Signaled an end to wooden ships being used in war

Damage on the Deck of the Monitor

Battle of Antietam Lee headed toward Washington A Union corporal exploring a field found a copy of Lee’s orders wrapped around a bunch of cigars. – Orders reveal that Lee and Stonewall Jackson’s troops were separated and thus venerable. – Mc. Clellan went on the attack.

Union victory South lost ¼ of its men; retreated back to VA Mc. Clellan did not pursue Lee – Perhaps the Civil War would have ended sooner – Lincoln furious and fires Mc. Clellan – Who does Lincoln replace Mc. Clellan with?

Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 26, 000 casualties

The Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation in 1863

African-American Recruiting Poster

The Famous 54 th Massachusetts

August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

Black Troops Freeing Slaves

Battle of Gettysburg Union victory Lee would not recover; ended his Northern campaign 23, 000 Union killed or wounded 28, 000 Confederate killed or wounded

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The day after Gettysburg… Lee heard of the Confederate lost at Vicksburg, Mississippi Union able to control MS river Confederacy was cut in two What does it mean “cut in two?

The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

Inflation in the South

Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George Mc. Clellan (D)

Presidenti al Election Results: 1864

The Final Virginia Campaign: 1864 -1865

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

The Assassination

WANTED~~!!

Now He Belongs to the Ages!

The Execution