Civil War Perspectives
... After Lincoln's election, some Southern states determined that compromise was no longer possible. Foremost among them was South Carolina, the state with the largest slave population. For many South Carolinians, Lincoln's election promised a full assault on their institutions, way of life, and consti ...
... After Lincoln's election, some Southern states determined that compromise was no longer possible. Foremost among them was South Carolina, the state with the largest slave population. For many South Carolinians, Lincoln's election promised a full assault on their institutions, way of life, and consti ...
Lincoln`s Election and Southern Secession
... Democrats held their convention in Charleston, South Carolina. Northern and Southern Democrats disagreed over what to say about slavery in the party's platform, or statement of beliefs. The Southerners wanted the party to defend slavery in the platform. But Northerners wanted the platform support po ...
... Democrats held their convention in Charleston, South Carolina. Northern and Southern Democrats disagreed over what to say about slavery in the party's platform, or statement of beliefs. The Southerners wanted the party to defend slavery in the platform. But Northerners wanted the platform support po ...
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... War during the last few decades is the increased recognition that slavery brought it about. Assumptions that were once widespread – that those who initiated secession did so because of differences about tariffs, internal improvements …. anything but slavery – are now generally discarded. The seven s ...
... War during the last few decades is the increased recognition that slavery brought it about. Assumptions that were once widespread – that those who initiated secession did so because of differences about tariffs, internal improvements …. anything but slavery – are now generally discarded. The seven s ...
Lesson Plan Title - The South Carolina Historical Society
... Pro-Slavery – Those who supported slavery and defended the institution, but were not as radical as the Fire-eaters. Also, in early 1860 they did not endorse the idea of seceding from the Union. These would be the people who would have to be mobilized if the South was to take action. It Was Complicat ...
... Pro-Slavery – Those who supported slavery and defended the institution, but were not as radical as the Fire-eaters. Also, in early 1860 they did not endorse the idea of seceding from the Union. These would be the people who would have to be mobilized if the South was to take action. It Was Complicat ...
Section 2: North vs. South
... military officers resigned and returned to their homes in the South. During much of the war, Lincoln searched for effective generals who could lead the Union to victory. Strengths and Weaknesses of the South In contrast to the North, the South’s great strength was its military leadership. Most of Am ...
... military officers resigned and returned to their homes in the South. During much of the war, Lincoln searched for effective generals who could lead the Union to victory. Strengths and Weaknesses of the South In contrast to the North, the South’s great strength was its military leadership. Most of Am ...
Civil War Erupts Vocabulary Copy the vocabulary and the definitions
... Copy the vocabulary and the definitions on a piece of paper. ...
... Copy the vocabulary and the definitions on a piece of paper. ...
Jeopardy Questions handout
... 4. President of the United States, “Father of the Constitution”, and one of the authors of The Federalist Papers __________________________________________ 5. Wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and negotiated the alliance with France during the American Revolution _______________________________________ 6 ...
... 4. President of the United States, “Father of the Constitution”, and one of the authors of The Federalist Papers __________________________________________ 5. Wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac and negotiated the alliance with France during the American Revolution _______________________________________ 6 ...
Civil War - Cloudfront.net
... Confederacy: The alliance of the Southern States during the Civil War. States’ Rights: The belief that the federal government should not have too much power over the affairs of individual states. Abolitionist: A person who works to end slavery. Union: The alliance of the Northern States during the C ...
... Confederacy: The alliance of the Southern States during the Civil War. States’ Rights: The belief that the federal government should not have too much power over the affairs of individual states. Abolitionist: A person who works to end slavery. Union: The alliance of the Northern States during the C ...
The Dawn of the Civil War
... Quick Write • In your notebooks, write about the reactions that the north and the south may have had to the hanging of John Brown. ...
... Quick Write • In your notebooks, write about the reactions that the north and the south may have had to the hanging of John Brown. ...
Chapter 15-4 Notes: The Civil War and American Life
... o In the South, opposition to the war was strongest in Georgia and North Carolina, though North Carolina provided the 2nd most troops to the war effort Regions with large slaveholding plantations often supported the war more than poorer back-country regions o In the North, many opposed the Emancip ...
... o In the South, opposition to the war was strongest in Georgia and North Carolina, though North Carolina provided the 2nd most troops to the war effort Regions with large slaveholding plantations often supported the war more than poorer back-country regions o In the North, many opposed the Emancip ...
Ch. 15, Section 4: Secession and War
... However, added that the United States gov’t did not have the power to stop them. ...
... However, added that the United States gov’t did not have the power to stop them. ...
Chapter 14 Henretta Power Point
... 1E: Setting War Objectives and Devising Strategies • Bull Run defeat showed Union war would not be quick • Union Strategy: Take Richmond, blockade the South, split the Confederacy; later: emancipation, total war • Failure of Peninsula Campaign convinced Lincoln that South would have to be punished ...
... 1E: Setting War Objectives and Devising Strategies • Bull Run defeat showed Union war would not be quick • Union Strategy: Take Richmond, blockade the South, split the Confederacy; later: emancipation, total war • Failure of Peninsula Campaign convinced Lincoln that South would have to be punished ...
Secession in North Carolina—A Lesson Plan
... decades prior to the 1860s, Congress was forced to construct numerous compromises to diffuse the conflict. The divisiveness came to a head in November 1860. In that month four candidates ran for the office of president. Abraham Lincoln campaigned on the Republican ticket. Many southerners viewed Lin ...
... decades prior to the 1860s, Congress was forced to construct numerous compromises to diffuse the conflict. The divisiveness came to a head in November 1860. In that month four candidates ran for the office of president. Abraham Lincoln campaigned on the Republican ticket. Many southerners viewed Lin ...
The South Breaks Away
... Southerners believed they had every right to secede Declaration of Independence states it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that denies the right of its citizens Believed Lincoln would deny white southerners the right to own slaves ...
... Southerners believed they had every right to secede Declaration of Independence states it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government that denies the right of its citizens Believed Lincoln would deny white southerners the right to own slaves ...
Road to Civil War
... Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had joined South Carolina and also seceded. Delegates from these states and South Carolina met in Montgomery, AL to form a new nation and government. Calling themselves the Confederate States of America, they chose Jefferson Davis as their president. Southerners justifi ...
... Alabama, Florida, and Georgia had joined South Carolina and also seceded. Delegates from these states and South Carolina met in Montgomery, AL to form a new nation and government. Calling themselves the Confederate States of America, they chose Jefferson Davis as their president. Southerners justifi ...
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... was unnecessary since all state constitutions already had a bill of rights. They wrote about it in the FEDERALIST PAPERS. Alexander Hamilton: Against the Bill of Rights ...
... was unnecessary since all state constitutions already had a bill of rights. They wrote about it in the FEDERALIST PAPERS. Alexander Hamilton: Against the Bill of Rights ...
States` Rights
... between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain… that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and ...
... between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain… that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and ...
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... move are scorning every suggestion of compromise and rushing everything with ruinous and indecent haste that would seem to imply that they were absolute fools — Yet they are acting wisely for their ends — they are “precipitating” the people into a revolution without giving them time to think — They ...
... move are scorning every suggestion of compromise and rushing everything with ruinous and indecent haste that would seem to imply that they were absolute fools — Yet they are acting wisely for their ends — they are “precipitating” the people into a revolution without giving them time to think — They ...
New Title - Peoria Public Schools
... fragmented (divided)the nation was. • The election showed how __________________ ...
... fragmented (divided)the nation was. • The election showed how __________________ ...
Road to the Civil War
... Why was the south FOR sectionalism? South wanted the ability to choose what they thought was best for their state (slavery). ...
... Why was the south FOR sectionalism? South wanted the ability to choose what they thought was best for their state (slavery). ...
Lesson 17
... Dred Scott was a slave whose master had taken him to the free state of Illinois and the free Wisconsin Territory and then back to Missouri. Scott sued saying that he had achieved freedom by living in a free territory. Missouri State Supreme Court ruled against him. Scott then sued in the Federal Cir ...
... Dred Scott was a slave whose master had taken him to the free state of Illinois and the free Wisconsin Territory and then back to Missouri. Scott sued saying that he had achieved freedom by living in a free territory. Missouri State Supreme Court ruled against him. Scott then sued in the Federal Cir ...
Chapter 15 Study Guide
... 2. All of these happened to Unionists who did not join the Confederate Army (p. 349) Arrested, forced into the army, killed while fleeing to MX 3. Most delegates to the Texas convention after the 1860 election (p. 344-345) Favored Secession 4. Most Southerners in the 1850s believed that the rise of ...
... 2. All of these happened to Unionists who did not join the Confederate Army (p. 349) Arrested, forced into the army, killed while fleeing to MX 3. Most delegates to the Texas convention after the 1860 election (p. 344-345) Favored Secession 4. Most Southerners in the 1850s believed that the rise of ...