The Battle of Antietam
... Antietam is considered a turning point of the war and a victory for the Union because it ended Lee's strategic campaign (his first invasion of the North) and it allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, which took effect on January 1, 1863. Although Lincoln ha ...
... Antietam is considered a turning point of the war and a victory for the Union because it ended Lee's strategic campaign (his first invasion of the North) and it allowed President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, which took effect on January 1, 1863. Although Lincoln ha ...
House Divided File - Northwest ISD Moodle
... The South feared that Congress would take this opportunity to abolish slaver and deny them their states’ rights. Before Lincoln took the oath of office in March 1861, Southern states began to take steps to leave the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from th ...
... The South feared that Congress would take this opportunity to abolish slaver and deny them their states’ rights. Before Lincoln took the oath of office in March 1861, Southern states began to take steps to leave the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from th ...
Civil War Test Study Guide 2017
... Presidents and generals of the Union/Confederacy Describe the Union’s Anaconda Plan and the Confederate’s Strategy of attrition—be able to compare and contrast them Different war philosophies of Lincoln and McClellan 54th Massachusetts Regiment: What was African Americans role in the war? How were t ...
... Presidents and generals of the Union/Confederacy Describe the Union’s Anaconda Plan and the Confederate’s Strategy of attrition—be able to compare and contrast them Different war philosophies of Lincoln and McClellan 54th Massachusetts Regiment: What was African Americans role in the war? How were t ...
Civil War Packet File - Northwest ISD Moodle
... The South feared that Congress would take this opportunity to abolish slaver and deny them their states’ rights. Before Lincoln took the oath of office in March 1861, Southern states began to take steps to leave the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from th ...
... The South feared that Congress would take this opportunity to abolish slaver and deny them their states’ rights. Before Lincoln took the oath of office in March 1861, Southern states began to take steps to leave the Union. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede from th ...
July 21, 1861
... Antietam · The Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Maryland, on Union soil, in September of 1862. · Over 23,000 Union and ...
... Antietam · The Confederate General Robert E. Lee decided to attack the Union in Maryland, on Union soil, in September of 1862. · Over 23,000 Union and ...
End of the War study guide Key
... free all slaves in States still in rebellion against the United States. Now the war had a dual purpose: to preserve the Union and end slavery. -Battle of Bentonville: March 19, 1865; Last major battle of the war; bloodiest battle in NC and important because it forced Sherman (u) to change direction ...
... free all slaves in States still in rebellion against the United States. Now the war had a dual purpose: to preserve the Union and end slavery. -Battle of Bentonville: March 19, 1865; Last major battle of the war; bloodiest battle in NC and important because it forced Sherman (u) to change direction ...
battle of jenkins` ferry
... miles were burning wagons, their contents thrown over a wide area. If all the cartridges that were sown that day should bear fruit, even sixty-fold, there would never be peace anymore." Despite Confederate resistance and the poor conditions of the road, the Union Army arrived in Little Rock on May 3 ...
... miles were burning wagons, their contents thrown over a wide area. If all the cartridges that were sown that day should bear fruit, even sixty-fold, there would never be peace anymore." Despite Confederate resistance and the poor conditions of the road, the Union Army arrived in Little Rock on May 3 ...
THE CIVIL WAR by Ken Burns – Video Guide Questions
... to “Until death or _______ do you part. 9. What was Eli Whitney’s important invention?______ 10. How many pounds of cotton could be processed in one day with a gin?_____ 11. By 1860, one out of ___ Americans belonged to another American (as slaves)._____ 12. William Lloyd Garrison published an anti- ...
... to “Until death or _______ do you part. 9. What was Eli Whitney’s important invention?______ 10. How many pounds of cotton could be processed in one day with a gin?_____ 11. By 1860, one out of ___ Americans belonged to another American (as slaves)._____ 12. William Lloyd Garrison published an anti- ...
8thCivilWarPPTStudent
... in its path, 300 miles from Atlanta to Savannah • A sixty mile-wide area is burned, destroyed, and ruined during a two-month period • Estimated losses exceeded $100 million • Captured, but did not burn, Savannah in December 1864 • Loaded and shipped $28 million worth of cotton, stored in Savannah, t ...
... in its path, 300 miles from Atlanta to Savannah • A sixty mile-wide area is burned, destroyed, and ruined during a two-month period • Estimated losses exceeded $100 million • Captured, but did not burn, Savannah in December 1864 • Loaded and shipped $28 million worth of cotton, stored in Savannah, t ...
The Civil War
... without, especially as inflation made Confederate money worthless. Some women served as nurses to the wounded or raised money for the cause. Many were forced to flee their homes as Union forces advanced, only to return to ruins. ...
... without, especially as inflation made Confederate money worthless. Some women served as nurses to the wounded or raised money for the cause. Many were forced to flee their homes as Union forces advanced, only to return to ruins. ...
The Civil War
... Smaller supply lines Military tradition Better (at first) generals and soldiers 5. King Cotton diplomacy (get Europe on their side) ...
... Smaller supply lines Military tradition Better (at first) generals and soldiers 5. King Cotton diplomacy (get Europe on their side) ...
A Brief Overview of the Civil War from the
... America’s future was decided was one looking radically different than those of previous wars. Its characteristics were those of the all too familiar battlefields of the murderous twentieth century. Scientific and technological breakthroughs by the middle of the nineteenth century combined with facto ...
... America’s future was decided was one looking radically different than those of previous wars. Its characteristics were those of the all too familiar battlefields of the murderous twentieth century. Scientific and technological breakthroughs by the middle of the nineteenth century combined with facto ...
Georgia and the American Experience
... • Hood and Atlanta’s citizens finally vacate the city on September 1 • Sherman burns the city of ______________in mid-November then begins his march toward Savannah and the sea ...
... • Hood and Atlanta’s citizens finally vacate the city on September 1 • Sherman burns the city of ______________in mid-November then begins his march toward Savannah and the sea ...
history study guide for ch 10
... 1. THE TWO ISSUES SETTLED BY THE CIVIL WAR ARE: NO STATE COULD LEAVE THE UNION AND THE END OF SLAVERY. 2. THE SOUTHERN STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION FORMED THEIR OWN NATION CALLED THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 3. PEOPLE WHO SPENT MUCH TIME TRYING TO OUTLAW SLAVERY WERE CALLED ABOLITIONISTS. 4. A D ...
... 1. THE TWO ISSUES SETTLED BY THE CIVIL WAR ARE: NO STATE COULD LEAVE THE UNION AND THE END OF SLAVERY. 2. THE SOUTHERN STATES THAT LEFT THE UNION FORMED THEIR OWN NATION CALLED THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. 3. PEOPLE WHO SPENT MUCH TIME TRYING TO OUTLAW SLAVERY WERE CALLED ABOLITIONISTS. 4. A D ...
North vs. South
... The Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, profoundly changed the nation. The war divided many families. Neither side imagined, however, that the four years of fighting would lead to so much suffering. By the end of the war, more than 600,000 Americans had lost their lives. Many thousands more w ...
... The Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865, profoundly changed the nation. The war divided many families. Neither side imagined, however, that the four years of fighting would lead to so much suffering. By the end of the war, more than 600,000 Americans had lost their lives. Many thousands more w ...
SECESSION AND THE CIVIL WAR
... “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others a ...
... “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others a ...
Civil War Leaders and Battles part 1
... •In the 1860 Presidential election, Abraham Lincoln was considered a"dark horse" candidate. Lincoln ran on the Republican platform of opposition to the extension of slavery in the western territories. •He was elected with only 40% of the popular vote. •Several Southern states declared they would sec ...
... •In the 1860 Presidential election, Abraham Lincoln was considered a"dark horse" candidate. Lincoln ran on the Republican platform of opposition to the extension of slavery in the western territories. •He was elected with only 40% of the popular vote. •Several Southern states declared they would sec ...
The American Civil War
... • The tide has officially shifted and the North is almost in total control of the war. • After a costly southward advance, Grant traps Lee’s forces at Petersburg, outside of Richmond, Virginia. • The ensuing siege lasts for ten months. ...
... • The tide has officially shifted and the North is almost in total control of the war. • After a costly southward advance, Grant traps Lee’s forces at Petersburg, outside of Richmond, Virginia. • The ensuing siege lasts for ten months. ...
The Civil War
... a new constitution that gave the states much more power than the federal government. • Jefferson Davis was elected President. ...
... a new constitution that gave the states much more power than the federal government. • Jefferson Davis was elected President. ...
Civil War part 2
... A “Draft” requires men of a certain age to serve in the military if they are called. Confederates who owned 20 or more slaves could pay substitutes to fight for them. Losses on each side were terrible. One million Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. ...
... A “Draft” requires men of a certain age to serve in the military if they are called. Confederates who owned 20 or more slaves could pay substitutes to fight for them. Losses on each side were terrible. One million Union and Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded. ...
Power Point
... upon a water-borne approach to Richmond (the South’s capital). Called the Peninsula Campaign, it took him about a month to capture Yorktown before finally making it to Richmond. •At just this time, President Lincoln diverted McClellan’s expected reinforcements and sent them chasing Stonewall Jackson ...
... upon a water-borne approach to Richmond (the South’s capital). Called the Peninsula Campaign, it took him about a month to capture Yorktown before finally making it to Richmond. •At just this time, President Lincoln diverted McClellan’s expected reinforcements and sent them chasing Stonewall Jackson ...
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.