Download The Civil War

Standard:
21.Demonstrate knowledge of the
causes, effects, and major events of the
Civil War
27.Explain the major significance of the
following historical documents:
• Gettysburg Address
• Emancipation Proclamation
Pivotal Battles
of the
Civil War
First Manassas (Battle of Bull Run)
Bull Run
• http://www.history.com/videos/firstbattle-of-bull-run
First and second Battles of
Hampton Roads
The Ironclads
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ABz
aEHQ4Hg
Second Battle of Manassas
Second Manassas (Bull Run)
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1st day ended in a stalemate
2nd day heavy casualties on both sides
3rd day Confederates crushed the Union
Lee decided to take the war to the
North
Shiloh
Shiloh
• http://www.history.com/videos/thebattle-of-shiloh#the-battle-of-shiloh
Battle of Antietam
Antietam
• http://www.history.com/videos/thebattle-of-antietam#the-battle-ofantietam
Antietam
• Was the bloodiest single battle of the
war
– It stopped
Lee from
advancing
northward
giving the
north a
slight
advantage
• http://www.history.com/topics/americancivil-war/videos#civil-war-turning-point
Emancipation
Proclamation
• On September 22, soon after the Union
“victory” at Antietam, Lincoln issued a
preliminary Emancipation
Proclamation, declaring that as of
January 1, 1863, all slaves in the
rebellious states "shall be then,
thenceforward, and forever free."
What Was It?
• A military order that freed slaves only in areas
controlled by the Confederacy
– Those states in rebellion against the union
• More symbolic than real
• The federal
government could not
enforce it in the areas
where it applied
• It did not stop slavery
in border states
Reaction to the Proclamation
• African Americans and
Abolitionists, rejoiced
• The Proclamation
encouraged enslaved
Africans to escape to
Union camps for
protection
• It crippled the south’s
ability to wage war
Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville
• http://www.history.com/videos/battle-atchancellorsville#battle-atchancellorsville
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
• http://www.history.com/topics/american
-civil-war/videos#gettysburg-battlestrategy
Battle of Gettysburg Webquest
• http://teacherweb.com/WQ/MiddleScho
ol/Gettysburg/index.html
Gettysburg
• Day 1 – Key battle, finally turned the tide
against the Confederates
• Day 2 – Lee tried to take Cemetery Hill (a
high point)
– The Union held strong
• Day 3 – Pickett’s Charge
– An unsuccessful attempt at taking
Cemetery Ridge, the center of the Union
line
– Lee retreated, Meade did not follow
• And missed an opportunity to crush the
Confederacy and end the war
Pickett’s Charge
• http://www.history.com/topics/american
-civil-war/videos#last-charge-atgettysburg
Aftermath of Gettysburg
• Turning point in the war
• Lee never launched another attack in
the North
• Now the North believed they could win
the war
• Britain and France refused to provide
aid to the Confederacy
Gettysburg Address
• Lincoln’s speech at
the dedication of the
Gettysburg
battlefield cemetery
– He praised the
bravery of the
Union soldiers
• He renewed his
commitment to
winning the war and
preserving the
Union
• In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln
referenced the Declaration of
Independence
– He said the war was being fought for
the ideals of liberty, equality, and
democracy
Gettysburg Address
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2aS3rjDBw
Vicksburg
Vicksburg
• http://www.history.com/videos/theunion-siege-of-vicksburg#the-unionsiege-of-vicksburg
The Wilderness and
Spotsylvania
Wilderness and Spotsylvania
• Grant was seen as winning the war,
but unable to take Richmond
• Grant’s failed campaign to take the
Confederate capital at Richmond,
Virginia
discouraged
Lincoln who
was coming up
for re-election.
Battle of Atlanta
Atlanta
http://www.history.com/videos/shermanand-the-burning-of-atlanta#pivotalmoments-of-the-civil-war-capture-ofatlanta
Defeat of Atlanta
• Cost the South an important railroad
link
• Showed the North progress was being
made in defeating the South
– Helped to
get
Lincoln
re-elected
Sherman’s March to the Sea
• William Tecumseh
Sherman
– His plan was to destroy
southern railroads and
industries
– A practice called “total
war”
• Destroy civilian and
economic resources
• Ruin the South’s
economy and its
ability to fight
– As he marched
across Georgia
Sherman destroyed
railways, bridges,
crops, livestock,
burned plantations,
and freed slaves.
Sherman
• http://www.history.com/videos/sherman
-and-the-burning-of-atlanta#shermanslast-obstacle-battle-of-fort-mcallister
• http://www.history.com/videos/sherman
-and-the-burning-of-atlanta#theconfederacys-last-stand
• http://www.history.com/topics/william-tsherman/videos#shermans-terrifyingtactics
Appomattox
The Surrender
• http://www.history.com/videos/surrende
r-at-appomattox-courthouse#surrenderat-appomattox-courthouse
South Surrenders
• April 9, 1865, at Appomattox
Courthouse
• Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the
Civil War
As General Lee returned to
his troops, General grant
stopped Union forces from
cheering their victory. “The
war is over,” Grant said with
relief. “The rebels are our
countrymen again.”