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PMHS US HISTORY Name_______________________________ AIM: To view events that led to SECTIONAL CONFLICT/DIVISON and CIVIL WAR WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT CIVIL WAR WHAT YOU LEARNED (after film) Write anything you know about the Civil War in the left column. Write at least 5 facts you learned at the end of film (do second column at the end) 1. Industrialization changes people’s lives. How did the POWER LOOM affect women? a. What does power loom do? Turns cotton into c___________________! b. Power looms start factories, which help to give women jobs. The women in Lowell, MA range from __________ -_____________. 85% of them are single women. Some are as young as 10 years old. c. Harriet Robinson goes to work at Lowell mill when her father dies. How much does she say women get paid? ___________ /week!! --and they typically worked 12-hour days!! d. The mills change how people dress? Cotton is mass-produced and people b________ their clothes instead of making their own. e. Women at the mills become more vocal and become more educated. Many of the women from Lowell will become suffragettes – that is, women who will fight for the right to vote. How do you think a job could make you feel more powerful? (write your own opinion) 2. How did the cotton mills and power looms influence slavery? If cotton is in more demand, then more slaves are needed to pick cotton. 90% of African-Americans are slaves. a. ½ million slaves are sold at auctions in the early 1800s. b. The price of slaves went up. One man costs $_____________ and women cost $________ ; children were $________ c. Educated-free blacks are k_________________ for sale d. What happened to families with this increased demand for slaves? 3. How was Frederick Douglass different than 80% of other slaves? a. He could r_________________ 4. What city does Frederick Douglass arrive when he runs to freedom and pretends to be a free-black? a. Douglass makes it to N_____________ Y________________ city and becomes a leading figure in the anti-slavery movement 5. How does Harriet Tubman help other slaves through the Underground Railroad? a. She escaped slavery and went back s___________ to rescue others b. The south puts a $_________________ reward on Tubman’s head THE UNDERGROUND RR AND ANTI-SLAVE MOVEMENT CHALLENGE THE SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE 6. What happens to John Brown when he tries to free all the slaves of Virginia? a. He takes over federal arsenal. Traps himself inside with his sons. Robert E. Lee surrounds the arsenal. Brown’s sons are dead. Brown is accused of treason and he is hanged in 1859. b. John Brown predicted the future of the country. He said … I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land [the crimes being slavery] will never be purged away [gotten rid of] but with blood. In other words, the US would fight over slavery until there is 7. What happens when Abraham Lincoln is elected in 1860? a. Personally Lincoln hates slavery, but most importantly, he wants to hold the country t______________________ b. On election day in November 1860, Lincoln is elected. The south rebels and threatens to leave u__________ or country. Another word for this separation is secession. c. Which state leaves the union first? South C_____________ d. Lincoln is prepared to fight to p_________________ the u____________! e. In February 1861, the Confederate S___________ of A______________ are born. That is, the SOUTH SEPARATED and made their own country. f. Lincoln gets death threats and keeps a file of them in his desk labeled “a________________________” g. At his inauguration, Lincoln promises that the south can keep s_____________. He does not want it to expand west, but he pledges this to southerners. He tries to prevent war, but it is too late. 8. The south (Confederates) have an army of ____________________ and the north or (Union) has___________________________ 9. The CIVIL WAR is the war of the n____________ versus the s____________. 10. 11. How did the invention of the minie ball bullet shape the Civil War? a. Made of l________________ b. Only an ounce in weight c. One person can cast __________balls in an hour d. Each bullet rips through human flesh in only a fraction of a second. e. The north makes ½ million minie balls for the two million muskets How does the minie ball fire? a. b. c. 12. 13. G______________ Ram down bullet Ready to fire: once the trigger pulled, the grooves on the inside of the barrel S_____________ the lead in a circle – these grooves are called rifling What does the ball do when it enters the body? a. Flattens out and rips through muscle, bone – s______________ it How do the troops fight? a. They still face each other, but now with minie ball, they can reach solders from _________yards away or 1/3 of a mile! 14. What was the emotional toll of all these deaths (600,000 by wars end)? How did soldiers feel? What did they do to their uniforms and/or how did they use the postal service? What would you do if you saw piles of dead people all around and maybe had a family at home? 15. 16. What was south (confederates) fighting for? a. It’s traditions, like slavery b. Southern independence – they want to be a separate n____________ c. Rural way of life: cotton or “white gold” – it is 2/3 of the world’s supply Robert E. Lee was a southern confederate general a. b. He already fought in the M_____________ War At the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas Virginia: the south was defending its own turf. Even though the south was OUTNUMBERED, they are defending their land. One engagement only lasts _____ minutes– the Confederates 17. States of America (CSA) kill over __________ Union (USA) Soldiers in Bull Run. It was the south’s greatest victory How does the railroad act as a hidden weapon for Lincoln? a. 25,000 fresh troops could be sent to s__________ to fight b. By train this trip only takes 7 __________ whereas if they walked it would’ve been at least two months! c. Lincoln strikes a deal with railroad, so government could control it d. S_______________ and troops are loaded onto railroad cards. Sometimes 80 railroad cars filled a day e. The north has more (and adds more) railroad lines than the south: Not having as many rail-lines hurts the south. What happened at one battle in Virgina because of poor rail-lines? The southern troops face s______________________ because there was no way to get food/supplies 18. What were some other important inventions that affected the course of the war? a. Telegraph lines were set up: These lines could be “tapped” with Morse code messages that took only s_________ instead of d_____ on horseback b. Now information and decisions can be sent quickly: Lincoln sets up lines directly into w__________ department. This telegraph office becomes the control center of the war. When things got really busy, Lincoln s______________ in this room. He even gives DIRECT ORDERS to his generals! No president ever did this before! 19. What happens at the battle of Antietam? (1862) 20. a. _____________ killed; ____________ wounded Battle-field medicine develops during this time a. b. c. d. ¾ of operations are a_______________ One doctor thought he did 50 a____________________: the hideous wounds are caused by the minie ball. It shattered and split the bones An experienced doctor can saw off a limb in _____ minutes Ether and chloroform was used to make the soldier pass-out e. Gangrene is the greatest k_____________ - it’s a bacteria that develops out of a wound and causes death f. Approximately _______________ _____________________ are performed during war g. 21. T_________________ as many soldiers die from infected wounds and disease like cholera and dysentery. SO MORE DIE FROM DISEASE THAN IN BATTLES! Who is Clara Barton and why is she different than most doctors? a. She uses simple remedies: food, clothing, medicine – she always gives b. 22. 23. clean b______________ She sorts the wounded and deals with most s___________ first c. She is the founder of the American R__________ C______________ This is the first war with gory photographs a. As many as 1500 photographers flood the battlefields b. How would this change American opinions about war? How did the business of death and funerals begin during the Civil War with embalming and air-tight or refrigerated coffins? Review: Use the chart to document the advantages north had south had: Put a check in the column for the side that had the following advantages. Go back through notes if you are not sure which side had the advantage. UNION-NORTH SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY Have an army of soldiers with over 2 million people Fighting on home turf (defense rather than offense) More factories to make lead minie balls Use of railroad lines to send troops and supplies Use of telegraph lines and Morse code to communicate with generals and moving troops Based on these statistics, who do you think will win the war and why? Include at least three of the facts above in your paragraph ________________________________________________________________________ Dear US HISTORY Parent/guardian, The motion picture Glory is a dramatic portrayal of the Civil War and 54th regiment. The US I History classes are studying the Civil War and this film would allow students to apply concepts from this unit both visually and semantically (to help give greater meaning to vocabulary). Does your child have permission to view this film in the next few weeks? It has an R rating due to violence and language. If you do not wish your child to see the film, an equivalent assignment can be provided for students to complete in another room. Thank you in advance for your support and understanding. Sincerely, Maria Vita _______ Yes, I give my child permission to view Glory and discuss its applications to the civil war unit. _______ No. I would like to make my child exempt from the film Glory. I understand my child will be provided with an alternate activity. Student’s Name (please print)_____________________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Name (please print) _______________________________________ Parent/Guardian’s Signature ________________________________________________ Date_______________________ ***PLEASE HAVE YOUR PARENTS SIGN AND RETURN FRIDAY, IF POSSIBLE!! THANKS!!