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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
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Warm- UP
1. Complete “ A Tree with
three Branches” exercise.
2. Complete “You get your Bill
Passed” exercise.
SWBAT:
• Identify and examine the functions of
the Executive, Judicial and Legislative
branches of the U.S. government which
are defined in the U.S. Constitution.
• Complete a Civil War assessment in an
effort to determine what was learned.
• Identify key peoples and events while
determining some key factors that
caused the American Civil War.
The Civil War: Union vs
Confederacy
Warm-up (Second Lesson)
Complete SkillBuilder: Interpreting Graphs
“Northern and Southern Resources”,
questions 1 and 2, page 339.
Warm-up review
Q: Which side, north of south, had the
advantage in terms of industrial production?
A: North, graphs (Blue = North) advantage in
every category (Military/Population)
Q: What do the overall data suggest about the
eventual outcome?
A: North may win an easy victory. (Not true)
SWBAT:
• Identify nationalism as a key cause of
war
• Analyze the weakness of the articles of
confederation.
• Examine slavery and societal
differences as a cause of war.
Cause #1 (Representation) n.p.o.
South (Anti- Federalists)
• A. Less people/less
representation (10
million)
• B. Difficult to pass
legislation on tariffs &
taxes because of limited
representation in
government
• C. Supported Articles of
Confederation
North (Federalists)
• A. Held a population
advantage (22 million)
• B. Held an advantage in
proposing and passing
laws.
• C. More representation in
the House of
Representatives.
• D. Supported U.S.
Constitution
Cause #2 (Nationalism) N.P.O
Southern Nationalism • Extreme devotion to the
interest and culture of
one’s nation
• South- Articles of
confederation
• Agricultural
Society
• Pro-slavery
Northern Nationalism
• Extreme devotion to the
interest and culture of
one’s nation.
• North- U.S. Constitution
• Industrialized Society
• Antislavery
Articles Quiz
• List 5 weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation.
• Draw logic from your studies of articles
1,2,& 3 of the U.S. Constitution to
compare/contrast strengths and
weaknesses. Use this logic to answer
the question above.
Weakness of the Articles
Congress
• Congress could not enact
and collect taxes
• Congress could not
regulate interstate or
foreign trade
• Regardless of population,
each state had one vote
in congress
• 9 of 13 states needed to
agree to pass any law
Balance of power?
• Articles could be
amended only if all states
approved
• No executive branch
• No national court system
for legal disputes
• 13 national states that
lacked national unity.
Background Causes for War Quiz
to War
causes part
one
1. List the dividing points
between the north &
south. (You may bullet)
2. Who invented the
Cotton Gin
3. Of all the causes discussed:
representation, nationalism,
economic exploitation and
slavery; which do you find
was the greatest cause?
Why?
SWBAT:
Warm –Up
A
1. Identify and
examine the US
Electoral college.
2. Analyze how this
process lead to
secession
3. Debate causes of
civil war
4. Discuss election
of Lincoln
Read “How the President is
elected” packet.
Do not answer the
questions until after the
video.
1860
Election
Results
Warm- Up (9/21/12)
• Complete
Geography Skill
Builder “The
Underground
Railroad”, questions
1-3, page 313.
• Take Alma Mater
test
SWBAT:
Determine the most
important cause for
the start of the civil
war by participating in
a in-class debate.
Electoral College WRK Sheet
q1. attempt to balance power between large & small states
q2. electors caste votes for the president based on the popular
vote; nj state officials choose members of the electoral college
q3. based from the popular vote of the people, decide the
American president. Yes, but has only happened twice
q4. 538, based from state districts, nj 14, population based plus
senators
q5. 270 needed for victory, it will be decided by the house. Yes
Thomas Jefferson (1801) , John Quincy Adams, (1825)
q6. Twice, Compromise of 1876 (Hayes/Tilden) & Gore/Bush 2000
q7. balance of power, equal representation, responsible elections
q8. smaller states have less voting power, larger populated states
have more political authority.
Electoral College
• electoral college
• Causes Part 2
• Answer the pbs
worksheet after the
video. Work in
groups of four when
completing the
packet. Classwork
grade.
CAUSE #3?
• Election of Lincoln
• Southern States felt
they were bullied by
the North when he
was elected
• (expansionism)-A
nation's practice or
policy of territorial
or economic
expansion.
Abolitionism
Abolitionists
• Frederick Douglas was the editor of an
abolitionist newspaper.
Harriet Tubman
•
Helped slaves escape via the
Underground Railroad.
John Brown
• He and his sons
brutally
murdered 5
slave masters in
Kansas. (1858)
• Tried to incite a
slave revolt
Cause 4: slavery
Compromise of 1850
Harriet
Beecher
Stowe
1811 - 1896
So this is the lady who
started the Civil War.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
1852
 Sold 300,000 copies in
the first year.
 2 million in a decade!
Cause 5: Sectionalism- (local)
Sectionalismexcessive
ddexcessive kdkdExcessive
devotion to local interests and
customs.
oExcessive devotion to local
interests and customs.
Sectionalism
• Excessive regard for sectional or local
interests, regional or local spirit;
prejudice
• Southerners banned together
• Northerners banned together
• Moved into sections based upon beliefs
6th Cause Economy
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Sothern economy
$122 million after production
Northern economy
$155 Billion after production
Civil War (1861-1865)
Causes
• Representation
• Nationalism
• Election of Lincoln
• Slavery
• Sectionalism
• Economic explotation
Debate
• Review rubric
• In your group, create and
opening, supporting and
closing paragraph.
• Concept: Debate why
your cause was the most
significant cause of the
American Civil War. (Use
your notes as a resource)
In- Class Debate
Warm-Up
• Meet in your groups for
10 minutes to organize
your opening statements
• Review debate rubric
• Be sure to review
Debating: Tips, Tricks
and Advice
• Review define topic &
Show team split
(especially)
Avoid
• Reading from paper,
remember “reference
don’t read” 
• Slow Down- emphasize
your point
• Elaborate, use data and
stats to support your
position
• debate tips
• Rebuttal
Presidential Election
Warm –up / SWBAT:
• Read the Examiner.com
article about the first of
three presidential
debates. Divide policies
on a piece of loose leaf
• Choose a political side
based from data learned
from the article & video.
• Debate as a supporter of
President Obama or Mitt
Romney (last 30 of class)
Data
• Rasmussen Report
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Debate
Education
Taxes
Military
China
Federal vs. state
Health Care/Obama Care
Civil War Begins
Warm-Up
• Read and answer
questions from
Abraham
Lincoln’s famous
Gettysburg
Address
• 15 minutes
SWBAT:
• Analyze the Gettysburg
address and determine its
relation to the theme of
war.
• Examine the first shots
fired in the Civil war;
what would become
Lincoln’s dilemma?
• View Glory in an effort to
visualize the Civil War
The Gettysburg Address
• November 19th, 1863
• Q1: 1776, Declaration of Independence,
“All men are created Equal”
• Q2: A nation can long endure a bloddy
Civil War
• Q3: Men Shall not die in vain rather a
birth of a new nation; for the people by
the people
• Q4: World will little note; nor remember
The war begins - the firing on
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter April 12th, 1861
• Prior to the fall of Fort Sumter;
confederate soldiers were taking over
courthouses, post offices and forts.
• Confederates demanded Fort Sumter; a
union fort in Charleston, South Carolina.
• Lincoln decides not to use navy to put
down rebellion; put the ball in Jefferson
Davis’ court!
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter
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April 12 , 1861
• 4am, April 12th, Jefferson Davis orders
the attack on the Union Fort.
• Jefferson Davis looks like the aggressor
of war; Lincoln avoids aggression
toward the south and keeps peace with
Northern Republicans
• Confederates fire 4,000 rounds before
Union Major Robert Anderson
surrendered.
The first States secede
Advantages of the Union (north)?
• Union had double the
population
• Double the railroads
• 5 times as many
factories
Confederate (Rebel) advantages
(South)
• Confederates had the best
generals
• Defending is always easier than
attacking
• Farmers fight better than
factory workers
First Major Battle- (Bull Run)
• July 21st, 1861; 3 months after Fort
Sumter fell to the Confederacy.
• Location, Virginia; 25 miles from
confederate capital of Richmond.
• Union General, Irvin McDowell
• Confederate General, Thomas J.
Jackson (Stonewall Jackson)
• Seesaw affair that lead to a
Confederate Victory (C= 2K) (U= 3K)
Quiz #1 / Battle of Antietam
Warm –up
• Warm –up:
Look over
section 1,
chapter 11 or
review notes.
• Take Quiz
SWBAT:
• Complete quiz recalling
important information while
analyzing key battles
• Analyze key issues, events,
and personalities of the Civil
War period
• Discuss how common and
shared America Civic culture is
based on commitment to
central ideas in founding-era
documents
Glory & the Battle of Antietam
• Glory
• Battle of AntietamSharpsburg,
Maryland,
September 17th,
1862
• Antietam- bloodiest
day in Civil War
History
• 26,000 casualties
• Victory for the
Union; Confederacy
retreated back to
Virginia
• Impact- tide begins
to swing
Union & Confederate
Strategies
• Warm –up
• Students should
complete Geography
Skillbuilder,
questions 1 & 2,
page 340 of the text
SWBAT:
• Analyze the
strategies of both
the Union &
confederate army.
• Analyze key issues,
events, and
personalities of the
Civil War period
Anaconda
Plan
Union & Confederate
Strategies
• Union- (Anaconda
Plan)
• Blockade Southern
ports
• Riverboats and
armies would move
down the Mississippi
thus cutting the
rebels in half
• Capture Richmond,
• Confederate
• Play a defensive
strategy however
when given an
opportunity, the
Rebels shall strike in
the North
• Anaconda Plan
(Union)
Group Work Assignment
• Throughout the text
or using your
device; survey the
battles of the Civil
War.
• Determine if the
battle fell under the
Confederate plan or
Union plan
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Example
Bull Run
July 21st, 1861
Goal: Union army to
seize the
confederate capital,
Richmond, VA
• Victor, Confederate
• Anaconda Plan
Second Class Debate
• Warm-up
• Report the who,
what, when, where,
why and in three
sentences write the
potential impact of
the outcome of the
election.
• SWBAT:
• Create opening
statements and
present them
extemporaneously
• Engage in a debate
supporting either
Governor Romney or
President Obama
Second Class Debate
Procedure
• Review your hmk for
the debate; look
over fact sheet
warm-up.
• Report the who,
what, when, where
and why of the
yahoo article
• Choose a side;
Romney, Obama, or
Independent.
• Use materials from
your binder, warmup or device when
assisting you in
preparing for the
debate.
• Move to debate
procedures.
• Foreign Policy
Trump/ Turning Point of the
War
• Warm up
• View trump video
and write your
opinion on the
subject on a loose
leaf piece of paper
• Trump
• Obama
• Lincolns Army of the
Potomac vs the
Army of Northern
Virginia.
• Battles of
• Gettysburg
• Battles for Atlanta
• Appomattox
Civil War
• SWBAT:
• Analyze how media
and political jargon
can effect voters
• Determine the
turning point, and
conclusion of the
civil War
Procedure:
Trump Video
Gettysburg
Lincoln’s Army of the
Potomac vs. the Army
of Northern Virginia
Group research and
Presentations
Conclusion Of War
Procedure:
Test next class
• Warm- up
• Read and answer the
concept questions
based from the article
on Wilmer Mclean
• Teacher Presentation
• Group Research and
Discovery
• SWBAT:
• Compare/Contrast
the two turning
points of the Civil
War
• Analyze the causes
for General Lee’s
surrender to General
Grant at
Appomattox, VA
Jeopardy Knowledge
• Q: Where was Wilmer Mclean living at
the start of the civil war and why did he
move?
• Q: What was his occupation during the
war?
• Q: What is most interesting about his
life and how is it linked to the Civil War?
Gettysburg – The Turning
Point
• July 1st through July
3rd,1863
• Victor Union
• Union losses 23,000
• Confederate losses
28,000
• Concept – Last time
the South would
invade the north
• Gettysburg
Siege of Vicksburg
• May 19th, 1863
• Confederate City of
Vicksburg, Mississippi
surrenders on July 4th,
1863
• Union Victory
• Concept: Union took
control of Mississippi
river; cut Confederates
in half
• Vicksburg Campaign
Road to Appomattox
• Total War- Union
General Grant
Commander of the
military division of
the Mississippi,
William T. Sherman;
turned the fight on
the civilians, not just
the army and
confederate
government.
• Grants Goalimmobilize army of
Northern Virginia
• Sherman's Goal- raid
Georgia, move up
through the
Carolinas and meet
Grant in Virginia
Road to Appomattox
• May to June of 1864Battles of Wilderness,
Spotsylvania and
Petersburg
• Union losses 60,000
• Confederate losses
32,000
• Concept- Union could
afford losses/ More men
to spare
• Grants total war
successful
• September 1864Commander Sherman
burns down nearly all of
Atlanta
• December- Takes
Savannah, GA
• 1865- South Carolinaburned every house in
its path until shermans
army reached North
Carolina
• Sherman's total war
Appomattox
• April, 9th 1865
• Based from Grant &
Sherman's total war
theories; Lee & the
Confederacy was
forced to surrender
• Appomattox
Group Assignment
• Complete
Geography skill
builders on pages
358, 361, & 363.
• Why did Davis/Lee
agree to attack at
Gettysburg?
• What did the defeat
at Gettysburg
symbolize?
• Why was Vicksburg
vital to the south?
• Compare Gettysburg
and Vicksburg;
which was a bigger
factor as the turning
point of the war?
• Describe total war
and why it was
successful for the
North
First metal ships in world!
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
• It freed the slaves only in states
that have seceded from the Union.
• It did not free slaves in border
states.
• 1863
• Emancipation = freedom
Gettysburg – turning point
• Gettysburg is the largest battle in
the history of the Western
hemisphere.
• Over 100, 000 people died in 3
days.
• It was the last time the South
invaded the North.
Gettysburg Address
• that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure of
devotion -- that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died in vain
-- that this nation, under God, shall have a
new birth of freedom -- and that
government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the
earth.
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Abe Lincoln
Technology made Civil
War . . .
The Monitor
More efficient and deadly
Vicksburg
Confederate Dead
Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.
The 54th Regiment attack on
Fort Wagner, SC- July 18,
1863
Blacks in the Military
William Carney
• After the Emancipation
Proclamation blacks
began to join the Union
Army
• Initially they were only
used for manual labor
• Eventually, Blacks saw
live combat
• 54th regiment out of
Massachusetts
After four bloody years of civil war,
the South was defeated.
Civil War ended when Lee
surrendered to Grant at
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
Civil War Test
• Open notes and
study for 5 minutes.
• Q & A with teacher
5 minutes
• Take test
• Civil War
amendments
• Notebook check
next class
• SWBAT:
• Complete a test
assessing Civil War
knowledge
• Determine how
Lincoln's
assassination
affected the nation;
post Civil war
Results of the Civil War?
• Reconstruction – time of
rebuilding the country
after the Civil War
Reconstruction Amendments
• 13th
Amendment
– freed
slaves
Reconstruction Amendments
• 14th Amendment – Everyone
born in the US is a citizen,
due process of law for all
citizens.
• 15th – Black male suffrage
Remember the Reconstruction
Amendments this way:
Free Citizens
Vote!
Lincoln is assassinated
• Lincoln’s
assassination
Assassination of
Lincoln , April 14th
1865
Who: John Wilkes Booth
to assassinate Lincoln
George Atzerdot to
assassinate V.P. Andrew
Johnson
Lewis Powell & David
Herlod to assassinate
Secretary of State
William Seward
Where: Fords theater,
Washington D.C.
• Punishment of the killers
and conspirators
mfk
Questions?
Reconstruction 1865-1877
Warm-up
• Meet in groups &
complete assessment
questions from last class
if you have not done so
already.
• Review your Civil War
test and correct the
Wrong answers only; see
me with problems or
questions
SWBAT:
• Compare and Contrast
Lincoln’s plan and the
Radical Republicans plan
for reconstruction.
• Identify and examine the
Radical Republicans
• Discuss the South's
devious methods of
limiting the newly freed
slaves rights.
Assess
• 1. How might reconstruction be
different if Lincoln was not
assassinated?
• 2. What part of the country needed to
be rebuilt? why
• 3. Punish or Forgive? What would you
do to the South? Why
• 4. Which amendment banned slavery?
Which was a pathway for voting?
Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction
Lincoln
• Lincoln favored a lenient
reconstruction policy
• Proclamation of amnesty
and Reconstruction or
1/10th plan
A. Must swear allegiance to
the constitution
B. 10% of voting
population did this;
Lincoln would recognize
them as a state.
C. Lincoln used a pocket Veto
Radical Republicans
• Thaddeus Stevens- leader
• Wade- Davis Bill- Passed
by the radicals in
response to Lincolns plan
A. Congress responsible for
reconstruction
B. A majority must swear
allegiance not 10%
C. Fought or held office
under the confederacy;
not eligible.
Johnson’s Plan for
Reconstruction
Johnson’s Plan
• Johnson
Concept Questions
• What did President
Johnson classify his plan
as, how was it similar to
Lincoln’s plan?
• What did Johnson issue
the Confederate states?
• Did Johnson set harsh or
lenient rules on the
South?
• Who did Johnson target
in his plan for
reconstruction? Why
Reconstruction 1865-1877
Warm-up
• Complete Geography Skill
builder, page 381,
questions 1 and 2
• Reconstruction
• What were the success of
reconstruction?
SWBAT:
• Assess the continuing
social and political issues
following the civil war
• Analyze social and
political trends in post
Reconstruction America
Reconstruction Presentations
Warm -up
• Meet in your groups for 10
minutes; review presentations.
• Place all group members
names on your rubric, put AB
next to absent group members
names
• Hand-in (after presentation)
your research paper
• Model of presentation: Intro,
thesis idea, conclusion &
determination with current
event comparison.
SWBAT
• Assess the continuing
social and political issues
following the civil war
• Analyze social and
political trends in post
Reconstruction America
• Compare past policies
and practices to current
American Policies and
practices
Group Discovery
Warm-up/ Group
Assignment
• Read & report the who, what,
when, where, why & in 2-3
sentences report the impact
Thaddeus Stevens had on
reconstruction.
• On one piece of paper record
the following:
Who, what, when, where, why
and future American impact. Be
prepared to present
Each group also analyze page
400. Be prepared to take a stance
for a debate next class.
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Group 1Presidential R.-Row 1
Congressional R.- Row 2
Johnson’s impeachment- Row 3
Civil rights set backs (398)-Row 4
Compromise of 1877- Row 5
Emergence of the KKK-Row 6
Give Presentations
Create a thesis statement on how
the past has impacted today
Reconstruction 1865-1877
Warm-up/Procedure
• View 60 minutes clip on
the senate: Senate
• Compare / Contrast 3
ways the senate of today
is comparable to the
senate during the
reconstruction era
• Meet in groups of 5 by
rows (across/horizontally)
to answer the posed
question.
•
Debate procedures/presentations
SWBAT
• Assess the continuing
social and political issues
following the civil war
• Analyze social and
political trends in post
Reconstruction America
• Compare past policies
and practices to current
American Policies and
practices