Download U.S. History Chapter 11 Civil War Events

U.S. History Chapter 11
Civil War Events
Essential Questions:
How did President Lincoln increase
the power of the Presidency in
order to win the Civil War?
How did the result of the battle of
Antietam contribute to President
Lincoln issuing the Emancipation
Proclamation?
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus: Prisoner must be brought into court to
determine why they are being detained – can’t be
held in jail without going before a judge
A. Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus to discourage
disloyalty in the North
13,000 CSA sympathizers are put in jail without trial
in the North
B. Most people were quickly released, Lincoln often
ignored the heavy protest of the Supreme Court and
general public
How does this action increase Lincoln’s power as
President during the Civil War?
Great Britain & The Civil War
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Does Britain need
cotton from the
South?
A. Recognition by
Britain would give the
CSA legitimacy. Also,
the CSA could expect
Britain to help break
the Union naval
blockade
B. Why didn’t the South
receive recognition
from Britain?
Emancipation Proclamation
A. Issued on 1-1-1863 by Lincoln. Although
opposed to slavery, Lincoln did not think the
gov’t had the power to abolish it
After what battle does Lincoln issue this
proclamation?
Antietam
B. Overtime Lincoln saw that he could not save the
Union without ending slavery.
How did Lincoln authorize the freeing of slaves?
Seizing enemy “property”
C. The Proclamation did not free any slaves
immediately b/c it applied only to slaves in the
CSA. It made the war into a struggle to free
slaves
Gettysburg Address
A. Given by President
Lincoln on 11-19-1863
at Gettysburg, PA four
months after the battle
of Gettysburg
B. Civil War not only a
struggle to save the
Union but also to
protect freedom of all
citizens
C. “The United States
are”
vs. “The United States
is”
Presidential Election of 1864
George McClellan
A. George McClellan
vs. Abe Lincoln
B. War drags on for the
North, many people
want to give up – A
new Union President
will pull the North
out of the war.
C. How did Sherman’s
capture of Atlanta
ensured Lincoln’s
reelection?
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
MARCH 4, 1865
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with
firmness in the right as God gives us to see the
right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in,
to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him
who shall have borne the battle and for his widow
and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and
cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.”
What was President Lincoln asking the nation to do?
Heal and reunite as one country
How does his speech give us insight into Lincoln’s intentions
for reuniting the country?
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
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13
Amendment
A. Ratified (approved) on December 6, 1865
B. Officially abolishes all forms of slavery in
the United States
What document did not totally ban slavery
in the U.S.?
What vision from Lincoln does this
accomplish?
Did former slaves enjoy full freedom and
equal treatment immediately?
• How did President Lincoln increase the
power of the Presidency in order to win
the Civil War?