Download Objectives: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the Civil War

The Civil War
YEAR
1860
EVENTS
 Election of Lincoln
 Secession
1861



Battle at Fort Sumter –
Secession of the Upper South (including Virginia)
First major battle –
1862
1863
1865
A. Emancipation Proclamation
Freed those slaves located in _____________________
Discouraged any interference of foreign governments
B. Gettysburg Address
Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that “____
__________________” and that was ruled by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Lincoln believed America was “___________,” not a collection of sovereign states. Southerners believed _____________
_____________________________________________________________________.
Union (North)
Abraham Lincoln
The Roles of Individual Leaders in the Civil War
Confederacy (South)
Jefferson Davis
President of the
insisted
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
won victories over the South after several
Union commanders had failed
Frederick Douglass
urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight
in the Union army
opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together
by force
urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans, when some
Southerners wanted to fight on after Appomattox
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The book depicted life for a AfricanAmericans under Slavery
Clara Barton
Nurse who helped Union soldiers in battle
Stonewall Jackson
Killed by friendly fire in Chancellorsville
The Civil War
SOL: VUS.7a, b
Objectives: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the Civil War and
Reconstruction Era and its importance as a major turning point in American history by
a) identifying the major events and the roles of key leaders of the Civil War Era,
with emphasis on Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and
Frederick Douglass.
b) analyzing the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the principles
outlined in Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Essential Question #1: What were the major military and political events of the Civil
War?
YEAR
EVENTS
1860
 Election of Lincoln
 Secession of the Deep South
1861
1862
1863
1865





Battle at Fort Sumter – opening confrontation of the war
Secession of the Upper South (including Virginia)
First major battle – Bull Run/Manassas
Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
 Battle of Gettysburg (turning point in the North) –
Confederates will retreat from now on
 Battle of Vicksburg (turning point in the South)
 Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse – the
war is over!
Essential Question # 2: How did the ideas expressed in the Emancipation
Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address support the North’s war aims? What was
Lincoln’s vision of the American nation as professed in the Gettysburg Address?
A. Emancipation Proclamation
Freed those slaves located in “rebelling” states (seceded Southern states)
Made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim
Discouraged any interference of foreign governments
B. Gettysburg Address
Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was
dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” and that was ruled
by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
Lincoln believed America was “one nation,” not a collection of sovereign states.
Southerners believed that states had freely joined the union and could freely
leave.
Essential Question # 3: Who were the key leaders of the Civil War?
The Roles of Individual Leaders in the Civil War
Union (North)
Confederacy (South)
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
President of the United States during
President of the Confederate States
the Civil War
during the Civil War
insisted that the Union be held
together, by force if necessary
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Union military commander
Confederate general of the Army of
won victories over the South after
Northern Virginia
several Union commanders had failed
Frederick Douglass
Former slave who became prominent
black abolitionist
urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves
to fight in the Union army
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
The book depicted life for a AfricanAmericans under Slavery
Clara Barton
Nurse who helped Union soldiers on
the battlefield
Later formed the Red Cross
opposed secession, but did not believe
the Union should be held together by
force
Urged Southerners to accept defeat
and unite as Americans again, when
some Southerners wanted to fight on
after Appomattox
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general who gained
notoriety at the First Battle of Bull run
Killed by friendly fire in Chancellorsville