Fort Sumter: The Confederates attack Fort Sumter (Union property
... Fort Sumter: The Confederates attack Fort Sumter (Union property) in South Carolina, and Lincoln decides to go to war. 3 events that led to war: The issue of slavery, election of Lincoln (1860), the arguments over states’ rights. Secession: To withdraw from a group, in this case, from the Union. Fir ...
... Fort Sumter: The Confederates attack Fort Sumter (Union property) in South Carolina, and Lincoln decides to go to war. 3 events that led to war: The issue of slavery, election of Lincoln (1860), the arguments over states’ rights. Secession: To withdraw from a group, in this case, from the Union. Fir ...
Unit 3-The Civil War and Reconstruction
... as president in 1860 was the final straw. South Carolina was the first southern state to secede from the union and formed the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as president. If you compared the North and the South on paper, the South seemed to have the upper hand at the beginning o ...
... as president in 1860 was the final straw. South Carolina was the first southern state to secede from the union and formed the Confederate States of America, with Jefferson Davis as president. If you compared the North and the South on paper, the South seemed to have the upper hand at the beginning o ...
Civil War Powerpoint
... •All officers and enlisted men in the Confederate army could go back to their homes. •All military equipment and weapons had to be given up to the Union. ...
... •All officers and enlisted men in the Confederate army could go back to their homes. •All military equipment and weapons had to be given up to the Union. ...
NAME: CHAPTER 14 – THE CIVIL WAR (DISCUSSION POINTS
... *The situation at Fort Sumter was not good. Federal troops there were running out of supplies. The new president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, had a huge decision to make. If he allowed the Confederacy to take control of Fort Sumter, he would look weak and submissive to the goals of the Con ...
... *The situation at Fort Sumter was not good. Federal troops there were running out of supplies. The new president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, had a huge decision to make. If he allowed the Confederacy to take control of Fort Sumter, he would look weak and submissive to the goals of the Con ...
american history civil war politics
... militiamen; 90 day service 4. April 19, Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of Southern seaports -- Initially ineffective; eventually strangled the South. 5. May 3, Lincoln issued a call for 3-year volunteers; militia would not meet need 6. Until April 25, Washington D.C. was virtually under siege and a C ...
... militiamen; 90 day service 4. April 19, Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of Southern seaports -- Initially ineffective; eventually strangled the South. 5. May 3, Lincoln issued a call for 3-year volunteers; militia would not meet need 6. Until April 25, Washington D.C. was virtually under siege and a C ...
Battles of the Civil War Part 2
... The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. It has been referred to as “The War Between the States,” “The Brother’s War,” and the “War of Northern Aggression.” More than 600,000 Americans lost their lives, and countless others were wounded severely. The Civil War led to passage of the T ...
... The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. It has been referred to as “The War Between the States,” “The Brother’s War,” and the “War of Northern Aggression.” More than 600,000 Americans lost their lives, and countless others were wounded severely. The Civil War led to passage of the T ...
Page B in Packet
... Stephen Douglas competed for votes in the North. John Breckenridge and John Bell competed for votes in the South. ...
... Stephen Douglas competed for votes in the North. John Breckenridge and John Bell competed for votes in the South. ...
Back in the U.S.A….
... population) = Southerners threaten to secede **secede – to withdraw formally from a group or the national government ...
... population) = Southerners threaten to secede **secede – to withdraw formally from a group or the national government ...
The Civil War
... The Confederates are seen by the Union (U.S.) as rebels, traitors Just as the Americans were seen by the British when they declared independence Acted as an independent country Own currency (money) Flag Jefferson Davis as president constitution ...
... The Confederates are seen by the Union (U.S.) as rebels, traitors Just as the Americans were seen by the British when they declared independence Acted as an independent country Own currency (money) Flag Jefferson Davis as president constitution ...
Ch. 17 Civil War 1861-1865 Sec. 1 The Conflict Takes Shape Issues
... At first b_____ troops served only as laborers, building roads and guarding supplies. ...
... At first b_____ troops served only as laborers, building roads and guarding supplies. ...
1861
... I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, w ...
... I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, w ...
Chapter Fourteen: The Civil War
... Marylanders, like Virginians, found Lincoln’s April 14th call for volunteers to “suppress” the rebellion deeply troubling, even provocative. Sixth Massachusetts Regiment answers Lincoln’s call for 90 Day volunteer enlistment. ...
... Marylanders, like Virginians, found Lincoln’s April 14th call for volunteers to “suppress” the rebellion deeply troubling, even provocative. Sixth Massachusetts Regiment answers Lincoln’s call for 90 Day volunteer enlistment. ...
The Civil War
... The North used railroads to help them move quickly than the South. The South was the first to use the telegraph to communicate over long distances. Union spied in hot air balloons to watch their ...
... The North used railroads to help them move quickly than the South. The South was the first to use the telegraph to communicate over long distances. Union spied in hot air balloons to watch their ...
File - Mr Walters - American History 2013-2014
... differences, however, indicate how the South Wanted to change their structure of government. ...
... differences, however, indicate how the South Wanted to change their structure of government. ...
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
... that had seceded from the Union. • It did not free slaves in border states. • Emancipation = freedom ...
... that had seceded from the Union. • It did not free slaves in border states. • Emancipation = freedom ...
It was a strategic move to
... He didn’t become Union general until about halfway through the war but became so famous that he was elected as the 18th president when the war ended. A 300 ...
... He didn’t become Union general until about halfway through the war but became so famous that he was elected as the 18th president when the war ended. A 300 ...
Unit III A : Civil War 1861
... A. Many southerners equated the Republican Party with attempts to end slavery even though the Republican position of _____________________ would have left slavery where it existed in the South. Also, the _______________________________ decision by the Supreme Court protected slavery. B. The election ...
... A. Many southerners equated the Republican Party with attempts to end slavery even though the Republican position of _____________________ would have left slavery where it existed in the South. Also, the _______________________________ decision by the Supreme Court protected slavery. B. The election ...
Advantages of the North and South Read and highlight the handout
... The Union enjoyed a huge advantage in population. There were 22,000,000 people living in the North in 1861. The Confederacy could count only 9,000,000 and more than one-third of these were slaves. A steady flow of immigrants from Europe provided the Union with a tremendous amount of manpower to run ...
... The Union enjoyed a huge advantage in population. There were 22,000,000 people living in the North in 1861. The Confederacy could count only 9,000,000 and more than one-third of these were slaves. A steady flow of immigrants from Europe provided the Union with a tremendous amount of manpower to run ...
Lecture 16, The Civil War
... Lincoln personally hated slavery but initially opposed actions to destroy it. At the beginning of the war, the military necessity of holding the border states and placating staunchly racist northerners made emancipation politically impractical. His decision to emancipate the slaves came out of milit ...
... Lincoln personally hated slavery but initially opposed actions to destroy it. At the beginning of the war, the military necessity of holding the border states and placating staunchly racist northerners made emancipation politically impractical. His decision to emancipate the slaves came out of milit ...
Baltimore riot of 1861
The Baltimore riot of 1861 (also called the Pratt Street Riot and the Pratt Street Massacre) was a conflict on April 19, 1861, in Baltimore, Maryland, between anti-War Democrats (the largest party in Maryland), as well as Confederate sympathizers, and members of the Massachusetts militia en route to Washington for Federal service. It produced the first deaths by hostile action in the American Civil War.