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CIVIL WAR UNIT
Objective: Evaluate the significance of the military strategies and engagements,
diplomacy, political leadership and economic policies of both sides that aided the North’s
victory.
Terms/Events/People to know:
People
Ulysses S. Grant (U)
Robert E. Lee (C)
Dorthea Dix
Clara Barton
George McClellan (U)
“Stonewall” Jackson (C)
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Mathew Brady
David Farragut (U)
William Tecumseh Sherman (U)
Winfield Scott (U) –“old fuss and feathers”
Places
-know your map of the union, border, and confederate states!
Antietam
Gettysburg
Richmond
Vicksburg
Bull Run
Appomattox Court House
Things?
Emancipation Proclamation
Anaconda plan
Trent Affair
The objectives of the south
The objectives of the north
The resources of the south
The resources of the north
Draft Riots in South
Copperheads
War of attrition
Homestead Act
Greenbacks
Pacific Railroad Act
Habeas Corpus
soldier’s experience
College Prep – noteguides for 11-1, 11-2 and 11-3 attached.
11-4 – battles. . We’ll cover the major campaigns in class – I’ve posted a battle sheet to print and bring to
class.
11-5 – I’ll post these for after vacation.
Honors – Read/notes on chapter 15 – Use the battle chart for the battles. . otherwise you can just skim over
the battles. . I will also give you a graphic organizer in class on adv/disadv of North and South
11-1
Resources, Strategies, and Early Battles
Focus question: How did each side’s resources and strategies affect the early battles of the war?
Main Idea
Supporting points
Advantages of the Union
Advantages of Confederacy
Confederate and Union Strategies
Confederate – foreign support
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Anaconda Plan - Gen Winfield Scott
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Wanted to prevent secession of border states:
Union devises a plan
Lincoln avoids the slavery issue
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Early/Key Battles
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Bull Run/Manassas in South
o Stonewall Jackson
o McDowell -
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David Farragut
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Ironclad ships –
West – Battle of Shiloh - Grant
Union Forces capture New Orleans
Southwest/Indian Territory
Monitor Battles the Virginia(was the
Merrimack)
Stalemate Develops in the East
Lincoln urges McClellan to Attack
McClellan failed to take Richmond
11-2 African Americans and the War
Focus Question: How did the
Emancipation Proclamation and the
efforts of African American soldiers
affect the course of the war?
Push Toward Emancipation
Enslaved African Americans seek
refuse
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Contraband –
Lincoln needs victory
Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
African Americans Join Fight
Enslaved African Americans
11-3 Life During the War
Focus: How did the Civil War bring
temporary and lasting changes to
American society?
The Home Front in the North
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Change in industries –
Income tax -
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Tariffs increased
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Sale of government bonds -
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Legal tender Act 1862
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Homestead Act 1862 –
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1863 – conscription -
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Created faction – “peace democrats” or Copperheads
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Suspension of Habeas corpus -
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Blockade brings hardships –
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Davis struggles to pay for war –
War transforms Northern Economy
DRAFT – RIOTS
War threatens Civil Liberties
Homefront in South
Southern Leaders argue
Camp life offers new experiences:
Soldiers face death in many forms –
 Prison camps – Andersonville, GA was the
worse
Life of a soldier
Women do new work –
Women and the War
Nurses care for sick and wounded:
 Development of nursing –
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Clara Barton