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Monday Mar 16,2015
OBJ: Explain how the differences in North and South threatened to tear the nation
apart
Learning Target: I can explain how the causes of the Civil War impacted society
economically, socially, and politically?
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Unit 5 Vocab Test – Civil
War & Reconstruction
Fri, Mar 20
Quizlet is on Netschool
Journal Review
Be Ready
Warm-Up (10 mins)
Connections to the Civil War
TODAY’s Activity
1.
Notes
Connections to the Civil War
ESP
Mo.
Compromise
The
Compromise
of 1850
Fugitive Slave
Act
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
Kansas-Neb
Act
Prove IT
Harper’s Ferry (1859) – raided arsenal to
capture weapons and inspire slaves to
rebel against slavery.
The Last Moments of John Brown (1884)
by Thomas Hovenden
Lincoln’s Election and Southern
Secession
Main Idea: The election of Lincoln led the
Southern states to secede from the Union.
Why it Matters: This was the only time in
U.S. history that states seceded from the
Union.
•In the election of 1860 the
Democrats split their vote
between 2 candidates
•Douglas (popular sovereignty)
Breckinridge (States Rights)
•Others joined a new party
“Constitutional Union”
•John Bell (preserve the Union)
•Lincoln was the Republican
candidate.( Stop Slavery)
Lincoln
40%
Douglass
30%
Breckinridge 18%
Bell
12%
Lincoln wins the election, but only receives 40% of the popular
vote….and not 1 electoral vote from the South.
Outraged…the south threatens to secede.
Dec 20, 1860 South Carolina Secedes. Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas soon follow
South Carolina seceded on Dec 20,
1860……Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas also left.
These states formed the Confederate States
of America and named Jefferson Davis as
President
“We ask only to be left alone”
Visual Summary
1846 Wilmot Proviso
1854 Kansas–Nebraska Act
1856 Caning of Sumner
1859 Attack on Harpers Ferry
SECESSION
Compromise of 1850
1855 “Bleeding Kansas”
1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford
Election of 1860
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Transparencies
Complete the following analogies in your notebook
______________________ is like (a cause of the Civil War) because _____________
Tues, Mar 17 2015
OBJ: Analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about succession and contrast them with
the ideas of Jefferson Davis.
Learning Target: I can evaluate the which President made the best decision
regarding South’s succession
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War
& Reconstruction
Fri, Mar 20
Quizlet is on Netschool
Journal Review
Be Ready
Warm-Up:
Journal Review
TODAY’s Activity
1. Lincoln vs Davis (page 260 -261 in Mastering Teks)
2. Quickwrite
United States (Union)
Abraham Lincoln:
Union President
Confederate States (Rebels)
Jefferson Davis:
Confederate President
Lincoln promised he would not abolish slavery,
but also promised he would NOT let the southern states secede.
Border States
“Choosing Sides”
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware were
slave states that were against secession..
They joined the Union and tipped the balance of power
to the North……24 Union States v 11 Confederate
States
Wed, Mar 18 2015
OBJ: Explain the significant events surrounding the Civil War.
Learning Target: I can evaluate why the North with its greater advantages
were unable to quickly defeat the South
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War
& Reconstruction
Fri, Mar 20
Quizlet is on Netschool
Journal Review
Be Ready
Warm-Up:
Vocab Review
TODAY’s Activity
1. Strategies and Advantages
Advantages & Resources:
The North
• A very strong navy and almost all the
shipyards were in the North.
• More factories (about 85% of all
factories)
• Larger population (22 million to the
South’s 9 million)
Advantages & Resources:
The North
• Booming Economy
• Railroads!!!! Better organized and
much more mileage of track.
• LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN!!!
– He was able to convince Northerners that
democracy depended on preserving the
Union.
Advantages & Resources:
The South
Knew the land (home-field advantage)
• Were trying to preserve their way
of life (had the HEART… this war
meant everything to them)
• Much better military commanders
– Many were trained at military colleges
like West Point
– Had fought Mexico in the MexicanAmerican War so they were
experienced.
Advantages & Resources:
The South
• Was able to fight a defensive war, requiring the
Union to stretch their resources to the limit in
order to reach the Rebels.
• They weren’t trying to concur the North, they just
wanted to be independent.
What do you think?- Discuss with an elbow
partner. Be prepared to share with the class.
• How might the use of the telegraph affect the
outcome of a war?
• Why do you think the military chose to use hot
air balloons? Was this choice beneficial? Why?
• How did changes in weapons and technology
affect the way war was fought?
New inventions used during the
war
• .Telegraph
– While the telegraph had been around for a little while this was
the first time it had been used by the military.
• .Hot Air Balloons
– These were used to spy on troop movements and locations
during the war.
•
Ironclads
– Warships covered with iron
– Were a big improvement over wooden ships of the past
• New rifle technology allowed people to shoot further with
more accuracy
• Railroads!!!! They weren’t new but they played a big role
in the war.
Strategies of the North
The Anaconda Plan:
Designed to smother the
South’s economy
– Blockade of the South’s
coastline (use of the
Navy) so no goods or
people could get in or out.
– Take control of the
Mississippi River and split
the Confederacy in two
– This plan’s drawback was
that it would take time
– It worked!
Strategies of the North
Emancipation Proclamation
– Issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862
– Emancipation Proclamation declared that all slaves in
states currently in rebellion after January 1, 1863 were
free
– It DID NOT free slaves in the Border States (only ones in
Confederate States)
Strategies of the North Cont.
• C.Sherman’s March to
the Sea (total war)
– General William Sherman
and his men marched from
Tennessee, living off of the
land, to the Atlantic Coast of
Georgia.
– The soldiers destroyed
EVERYTHING in their path
(enemy soldiers, entire
towns, crops, livestock,
railroads….everything!)
Strategies of the South
Defensive position only
– They hoped that the North would soon get tired of
fighting and agree to leave them alone.
King Cotton
– Planned on using their cotton production as leverage in
the war.
– The world needed cotton made in the South so they
thought by withholding cotton to the rest of the world
they might get other nations to help them
– This failed because other nations had A LOT of
cotton from the year before so they didn’t need more.
Strategies of the South Cont.
Morale Wreckers
• Once the South’s other plans didn’t work
they tried to go on the offensive and hurt the
North by wrecking their morale (then maybe
they would get tired of fighting)
Thurs, Mar 19 2015
OBJ: Explain the significant events surrounding the Civil War.
Learning Target: I can evaluate why the North with its greater advantages
were unable to quickly defeat the South
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War
& Reconstruction
Fri, Mar 20
Quizlet is on Netschool
Journal Review
Be Ready
Warm-Up:
1.Journal Review
TODAY’s Activity
1. Strategies and Advantages
2. Vocab Review
What’s the 411?
Strengths, Weaknesses, Strategies
Directions:
1. Use your electronic device or draw the chart that is on slide
2 on a separate sheet of paper.
2. For each letter that spells out “Four One One”,
1. Describe the Strengths, Weaknesses, or Strategies from
either side. Do not duplicate words.
2. Select the one you believed had the biggest impact and
illustrate it
3. Be Ready to present
What’s the 411?
Strengths, Weaknesses, Strategies
Foreign Support
Denied for the
South
Fri, Mar 20 2015
OBJ: Explain the causes and effects surrounding the announcement of the
Emancipation Proclamation[8.8.B]
Learning Target: I can explain the Emancipation Proclamation and its impact
on the Civil War
Tasks
Due Date
Comments
Unit 5 Vocab Test - Civil War
& Reconstruction
Fri, Mar 20
Quizlet is on Netschool
Journal Review
Be Ready
Warm-Up:
TODAY’s Activity
1. Vocab Test
2. Emancipation Proclamation Readings and Questions