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The Causes of Secession
... • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates brought up the contradiction between popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision • John Brown attempted to start a slave uprising by seizing the weapons at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia—he was hanged for his efforts but struck fear in southerners---the south began mobil ...
... • The Lincoln-Douglas Debates brought up the contradiction between popular sovereignty and the Dred Scott decision • John Brown attempted to start a slave uprising by seizing the weapons at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia—he was hanged for his efforts but struck fear in southerners---the south began mobil ...
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... Arsenal Incident, election 1860, Fort Sumter, Red River Campaign, Arkansas Secession, Pea ridge, battle of Helena Battle of Prairie Grove, battle of little Rock Appomattox courthouse ...
... Arsenal Incident, election 1860, Fort Sumter, Red River Campaign, Arkansas Secession, Pea ridge, battle of Helena Battle of Prairie Grove, battle of little Rock Appomattox courthouse ...
Name - Central CUSD 4
... Q 1. The Civil War began as a war to restore the Union, not to end the institution of slavery. Q 2. Lincoln had to handle the slavery issue cautiously because four slave states remained in the Union. Q&T 3. In 1863, Lincoln decided to free enslaved African Americans living in the Confederacy, but no ...
... Q 1. The Civil War began as a war to restore the Union, not to end the institution of slavery. Q 2. Lincoln had to handle the slavery issue cautiously because four slave states remained in the Union. Q&T 3. In 1863, Lincoln decided to free enslaved African Americans living in the Confederacy, but no ...
USA Civil War (1861-1865)
... The southern states, however, had a large farming economy that was based on slave labor. While the North no longer needed slaves, the South did. The election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused 11 southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate ...
... The southern states, however, had a large farming economy that was based on slave labor. While the North no longer needed slaves, the South did. The election of the anti-slavery Republican Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860 caused 11 southern states to secede from the Union to form the Confederate ...
Chapter 20 PowerPoint
... The Alabama sank sixty-four Union ships before it was destroyed off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in 1864. The Kearsarge rescued most of the Alabama’s crew from their sinking vessel, but Confederate captain Raphael Semmes managed to escape aboard an English yacht that had been observing the sea ba ...
... The Alabama sank sixty-four Union ships before it was destroyed off the coast of Cherbourg, France, in 1864. The Kearsarge rescued most of the Alabama’s crew from their sinking vessel, but Confederate captain Raphael Semmes managed to escape aboard an English yacht that had been observing the sea ba ...
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... Union – understanding complexities of creating Confederate government To better understand regional differences over issues that might divide a country. ...
... Union – understanding complexities of creating Confederate government To better understand regional differences over issues that might divide a country. ...
4-6 Outline Notes
... 1. Slaves and African Americans were not allowed to go to war iii. After Emancipation Proclamation: 1. North- African Americans could become soldiers, spies, guides, and messengers in the Union army 2. South- some slaves and free African Americans were forced into service; England abolished slavery ...
... 1. Slaves and African Americans were not allowed to go to war iii. After Emancipation Proclamation: 1. North- African Americans could become soldiers, spies, guides, and messengers in the Union army 2. South- some slaves and free African Americans were forced into service; England abolished slavery ...
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492-1877
... • Emancipation Proclamation: • Lincoln’s aim: keeping the Union together with or without slavery • Issued on 9-22-1862 • “As of January 1, 1863 all slaves in Confederate states or areas still under active rebellion would be thenceforward and forever free” • Reasons: • Military: elimination of potent ...
... • Emancipation Proclamation: • Lincoln’s aim: keeping the Union together with or without slavery • Issued on 9-22-1862 • “As of January 1, 1863 all slaves in Confederate states or areas still under active rebellion would be thenceforward and forever free” • Reasons: • Military: elimination of potent ...
Chapter 22 - Cloudfront.net
... Union Strategy by Gen Winfield Scott • 1) U.S. navy blockade of southern ports to cut off essential supplies • 2) Divide the confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River • 3) Raise an army of 500,000 to take Richmond (S. Capitol) ...
... Union Strategy by Gen Winfield Scott • 1) U.S. navy blockade of southern ports to cut off essential supplies • 2) Divide the confederacy in two by taking control of the Mississippi River • 3) Raise an army of 500,000 to take Richmond (S. Capitol) ...
Study Notes for the Civil War
... would try to end slavery. They believed secession was the only way to protect their rights. South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union. Six states followed soon after. The states that seceded from the Union formed their own “country” and called themselves the Confederacy. They elected ...
... would try to end slavery. They believed secession was the only way to protect their rights. South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union. Six states followed soon after. The states that seceded from the Union formed their own “country” and called themselves the Confederacy. They elected ...
Chapter 16.2- Individual Computer Station
... – Confederate leaders wanted to follow Lee’s victories in Virginia with victory on northern soil. – Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met along Antietam Creek in Maryland. – The was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, with more than 12,000 Union and 13,000 Confederate ...
... – Confederate leaders wanted to follow Lee’s victories in Virginia with victory on northern soil. – Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met along Antietam Creek in Maryland. – The was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history, with more than 12,000 Union and 13,000 Confederate ...
7-PDF175-176_US_History
... 1863 and then in a series of battles, including Raymond and Champion's Hill, defeated Confederate forces coming to the relief of Confederate general Pemberton. Sherman and Grant together besieged Vicksburg. Two major assaults were repelled by the defenders of Vicksburg, including one in which a gian ...
... 1863 and then in a series of battles, including Raymond and Champion's Hill, defeated Confederate forces coming to the relief of Confederate general Pemberton. Sherman and Grant together besieged Vicksburg. Two major assaults were repelled by the defenders of Vicksburg, including one in which a gian ...
America: A Concise History 3e
... Civil War: States rights and slavery are often put forth as the main reasons. The answer is much simpler then that. The primary cause of the American Civil War was economics. The South tried to elevate the discussion by claiming their right as individual, free states were being ignored but that was ...
... Civil War: States rights and slavery are often put forth as the main reasons. The answer is much simpler then that. The primary cause of the American Civil War was economics. The South tried to elevate the discussion by claiming their right as individual, free states were being ignored but that was ...
Effects of War
... • To reunify, the federal government should not punish the South, but act "with malice towards none, with charity for all… to bind up the nation’s wounds…" ...
... • To reunify, the federal government should not punish the South, but act "with malice towards none, with charity for all… to bind up the nation’s wounds…" ...
3--Behind_the_War - IB-History-of-the-Americas
... CSA could not feed own men Warden later hanged for war crimes ...
... CSA could not feed own men Warden later hanged for war crimes ...
US History I
... slavery. More and more, the South saw the solution to these problems in secession. The North saw the Union with or without slavery as indissoluble. Southern soldiers generally believed in three causes for which they fought: states’ rights, slavery, and liberty… 1. States’ Rights: Southern leaders be ...
... slavery. More and more, the South saw the solution to these problems in secession. The North saw the Union with or without slavery as indissoluble. Southern soldiers generally believed in three causes for which they fought: states’ rights, slavery, and liberty… 1. States’ Rights: Southern leaders be ...
4.3 The North Takes Charge
... The Tide Turns • The South won several battles in 1863, but lost Stonewall Jackson when he was shot accidentally by his own troops • Robert E. Lee decided to invade the north that year, and was defeated at the battle of Gettysburg, which turned the tide of the war • After three days of intense figh ...
... The Tide Turns • The South won several battles in 1863, but lost Stonewall Jackson when he was shot accidentally by his own troops • Robert E. Lee decided to invade the north that year, and was defeated at the battle of Gettysburg, which turned the tide of the war • After three days of intense figh ...
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... drastic shortage of men, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 men for three months to put down the "insurrection." Though Lincoln thought the war would be brief, he was wrong, and on July 22, 1861, Congress authorized a volunteer army of 500,000 men. Initially, t ...
... drastic shortage of men, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 men for three months to put down the "insurrection." Though Lincoln thought the war would be brief, he was wrong, and on July 22, 1861, Congress authorized a volunteer army of 500,000 men. Initially, t ...
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... because they believed Lincoln wanted to end slavery. Since there were so many more people in the North, he won the election anyway. As soon as Lincoln won the election, the South started to secede. This means the South split from the Union. They no longer wanted to be part of the United States. ...
... because they believed Lincoln wanted to end slavery. Since there were so many more people in the North, he won the election anyway. As soon as Lincoln won the election, the South started to secede. This means the South split from the Union. They no longer wanted to be part of the United States. ...
Battle of Gettysburg PPT
... may cause Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an ...
... may cause Great Britain and France to recognize the Confederacy as an ...
The war - Activity in small groups
... 2. 1863 can be considered the turning point of the war. Southerner states began to feel the weight of continuous fighting, while the military and economic power on the Union became always more clear. In 1863 the outcome of war seemed to be predicted, so that President Lincoln declared the Emancipati ...
... 2. 1863 can be considered the turning point of the war. Southerner states began to feel the weight of continuous fighting, while the military and economic power on the Union became always more clear. In 1863 the outcome of war seemed to be predicted, so that President Lincoln declared the Emancipati ...
Name: Date: Ms. Capalbo/Social Studies 7th Grade Social Studies
... ______________________________- wrote the National Anthem at the Battle of Baltimore at Ft. McHenry. Washington and the White House were ________________ down. Battle of ____________________________- Fought after war before news of peace arrived. Huge victory for U.S. and ___________________________ ...
... ______________________________- wrote the National Anthem at the Battle of Baltimore at Ft. McHenry. Washington and the White House were ________________ down. Battle of ____________________________- Fought after war before news of peace arrived. Huge victory for U.S. and ___________________________ ...
The Civil War
... didn’t like this especially since there were already more free states than slave states in the Union. ...
... didn’t like this especially since there were already more free states than slave states in the Union. ...
Alabama in the American Civil War
The U.S. state of Alabama declared that it had seceded from the United States of America on January 11, 1861. It then quickly joined the Confederate States during the American Civil War. A slave state, Alabama provided a significant source of troops and leaders, military material, supplies, food, horses and mules. However, very little of the state's cotton crop could be sold, as the main port of Mobile was closed off by the U.S. Navy.