Download The Civil War - Maddox Middle School 6th Grade Social Studies

Coach Duke
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Turn to page 15 in your textbook (use the
Red)
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Answers the 2 questions that are just below
the map
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We will discuss as a class
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Following the attack at Fort Sumter;
Americans were forced to choose sides
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Seven Southern States Seceded as Lincoln
took office
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Lincoln wanted to save the Union.
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Fort Sumter was a Federal outpost in
Charleston, South Carolina.
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Confederate forces asked for its surrender.
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Lincoln refused and sent ships with supplies.
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The Civil War had begun
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Border states—Delaware,
Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri—
were slave states that did not join
the Confederacy, but people were
divided on the war.
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Border States were “wedged
between” the Union and
Confederate States
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Fort Sumter
Border States
Winfield Scott
Stone Wall Jackson
First Battle Of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run
Robert E. Lee
Seven Days’ Battle
Battle of Antietam
Ironclads
Union Naval Blockade
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Union navy controlled the sea and blockaded
southern ports.
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The southern economy was hurt because the
South was prevented from selling and receiving
goods.
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Some small, fast ships got through blockade,
but the number of ships entering southern ports
was reduced from 6,000 to 800 a year.
Ironclads
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The Confederacy turned to a new type of
warship—ironclads, or ships heavily armored
with iron.
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The Confederacy Captured a Union ship and
turned it into ironclad, known as The Merrimack
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Ironclads successfully attacked the wooden ships
of the Union.
Ironclads
The Confederate Ironclad –the Merrimack
The Union Ironclad-The Monitor
Met In a battle in Virginia
The Monitor won the battle and saved the Union’s
fleet of Ships.
This allowed them to continue the blockade
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Ironclads
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ABzaE
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You will use your textbook to complete the
battle chart that I give you.
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We will go over these charts tommorow
Coach Duke
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Finish your Battle Chart from yesterday
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We will review and discuss
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This information will be on your test, so make
sure you are giving it the effort it deserves.
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Gettysburg
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Largest and bloodiest battle of Civil War
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More than 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded,
captured, or went missing in three days.
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It was an important victory for the Union
because it stopped Lee’s plan of invading the
North.
First Day
• Lee’s forces were
gathered at
Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, on
July 1, 1863.
• Ran into Union
forces under
General George G.
Meade, beginning
the Battle of
Gettysburg
• Union took up
defensive positions
Second Day
Third Day
• Lee ordered
attack on Union
troops on Little
Round Top.
• Lee planned
attack on center
of Union line.
• Both sides
fought viciously
for control.
• Union forces
held off
Confederates.
• General George
Pickett led
15,000 men in
Pickett’s
Charge, a failed
attack on
Cemetery Ridge.
• Lee began
planning retreat
to Virginia.
Turning Point
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Gettysburg was turning point of
war—Lee would never again attack
in the North
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Some 23,000 Union and 28,000
Confederate casualties
Lincoln needed victory for Union army to help him win
reelection in 1864.
General William Tecumseh Sherman’s is known for his
“march to the sea”.
Sherman’s troops marched south from Tennessee to capture
Atlanta, Georgia
Sherman practiced total war, destroying civilian and economic
resources, such as Railroads and farms.
He hoped to ruin the South’s economy and ending its ability to
fight. He hoped this would speed the end of the war.
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Based on your knowledge of the Civil War
Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which
battle do you think was the most significant?
Why? (explain your answer)
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Based on your knowledge of the Civil War
Battles, summarize in a paragraph, which
battle do you think was the most significant?
Why? (explain your answer)
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The war effort involved all levels of society.
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Women and males too young or too old for military service worked in
factories and farms.
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Women were the backbone of civilian life. On farms, they performed
daily chores usually done by men.
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Union volunteer Clara Barton organized the collection of medicine and
supplies for delivery to the battlefield.
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Clara Barton is known as the founder of the American Red Cross
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In the South, Sally Louisa Tompkins established a small hospital that
became a major army hospital.
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The South Surrenders
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Grant broke through Confederate defenses at
Petersburg, Virginia, and Lee retreated to
Richmond on April 2, 1865.
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Grant surrounded Lee’s army.
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Lee surrendered to Grant at the small town of
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, on April 9,
1865.
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Civil War had deep and long lasting effects.
 Almost 620,000 Americans killed
 The South’s defeat ended slavery.
 Majority of former slaves had no homes or jobs.
 Southern economy was in ruins.
 Tremendous amount of hostility remained.
 Many questioned how the United States could be united again.