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Tuesday 6/11

Tuesday 6/11. Review Ch. 6.1 Questions— 7:30 Group readings and presentation on compromises 7:45—9 Handout while presenting Civil War – Ch. 6.2 – 9:00 - Introduction and Start of War – notes Fall of Fort Sumter Union and confederate comparison-- chart(173 & 177) African Americans in war

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Tuesday 6/11

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  1. Tuesday 6/11 Review Ch. 6.1 Questions—7:30 Group readings and presentation on compromises 7:45—9 Handout while presenting Civil War – Ch. 6.2 – 9:00- Introduction and Start of War – notes Fall of Fort Sumter Union and confederate comparison-- chart(173 & 177) African Americans in war Major battles reading and note and map sheet. 9:15-- Review PPT of people, terms, etc. – 10:30 Gettysburg reading Frederick Douglass v. President Lincoln New roles for women Riots Road to Surrender Scorched earth policy Fall of Richmond Appomattox Court House Lincoln as commander and chief –reading on Second inaugural address Video on Civil War 12:00

  2. Ch. 6.1 compromises group readings • Missouri Compromise • War with Mexico – Wilmot Proviso • Compromise of 1850 • Kansas – Nebraska Act • Violence reaches DC – Bleeding Kansas • Dred Scott • Hostilities Intensify – John Brown

  3. Groups • Read and answer questions on work sheet • Take notes on section • Create a poster to present information to class. • Make sure to cover questions on handout. • Create a skit explaining your reading! • Have fun!!

  4. Monday 10/21/13 RAP- How was your break? Please read page 172--- and answer the following: Who set fire to Richmond? Why? What do you believe the falling of Richmond meant to the Confederates? Today: Review Ch. 6.1 compromise Begin reading and answering questions on Ch 6.2 Civil War and map. Notes on Civil War Reading questions on battles and map

  5. Tuesday 10/22/13 RAP In a few sentences describe the battles of the Civil War. Today: • Read the Gettysburg address • PPT on Social and economic battles • Finish map and battles sheet –due WEDNESDAY.

  6. Today • Take notes on “The Civil War” Ch. 6.2 (title) • Please take notes on the Start of the War • Any words or information written in green please put in your notes. • When we are finished you may finish your map and read pages 174-179: Major Military Battles thru The Road to Surrender.

  7. The Beginning • 1860– Abraham Lincoln is elected President • Dec. 1860– South Carolina seceded from the Union. • 1861 – Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, & Texas secede from the Union declaring themselves a new nation--- the Confederate States of America. • Wars beginning--April 12th, 1861 —the Confederate army shell Ft. Sumter until its commander surrenders. • Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware–slave states that do not join the Confederacy.

  8. Vocabulary • Secession- formal withdrawal from the nation. • Emancipation – liberation from slavery. • Lynching – a mob action where a person is executed without a trial, often by hanging. • Scorched earth policy – a policy of breaking the enemy’s will by destroying food, shelter, and supplies.

  9. People • Abraham Lincoln – President of the US from 1861-1865 • Jefferson Davis—President of the Confederacy. 1861-1865 • Gen. Robert E. Lee – commander of the Confederate army (south); West Point graduate. (most military skill and experience in the confederacy) • Gen. Ulysses S. Grant – commander of the Union army (north). • Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman – Union-scorched earth policy—”March to the Sea” Atlanta to Savannah. • Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan – Union – scorched earth policy

  10. Comparing the Union and the Confederacy • Union • More populated = more people to fight. • Foreign born immigrants, free African Americans, and escaped slaves. • Union 22 mil. People—Confederacy- 9 mil.—nearly 3 mil. Slaves who were not allowed to fight. • Resources- • Almost all resources were in the north. • Steel mills and iron mines, transportation facilities, important industries, and most naval facilities and ships. • 70 percent of the nation’s railroads ran through the North.

  11. Comparing the Union and the Confederacy • Confederacy • Military skill and experience • Leaders came from experience, and or officers from West Point. • Defensive war • Fortified cities waiting for the Union to invade. • Fight on familiar terrain, with supporters, and close to supplies. • Chart on page 177 – create table comparing the two.

  12. Average Soldier • The Average Soldier was a white, native-born, single, protestant, male farmer between 18 and 39 years of age. • He stood about 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighed about 145 pounds. • Union soldiers were known as "Billy Yank" • while their Confederate counterparts were called "Johnny Reb." • average age of a Civil War soldier was 25 • Union Army it is estimated that 100,000 soldiers were less than 15 years old. • minimum age was 18. • The youngest soldier was probably Edward Black who joined the war at the age of 9 as a drummer boy. • The youngest to sustain injury in battle was probably William Black, who at the age of 12 was wounded in his left arm. • Perhaps as many as 400 female combatants successfully hid their gender and served during the war. • About 3 million soldiers fought in the Civil War with 2 million fighting for the Union and 1 million for the Confederacy. • Fifty percent of the soldiers were farmers before the war. • Union and Confederate rosters contained references to more than 300 different careers, including: locksmith, teacher, carpenter, shoemaker, black- smith, painter, mason, brewer, teamster, and mechanic.

  13. African Americans • Northern African Americans eagerly tried to enlist in the Union army. • BUT they were not accepted. • 1863, Lincoln needed more soldiers and finally accepted African American troops. • By the end, 180,000 served in the Union army. • 23 African American soldiers won the Medal of Honor.

  14. Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 • Please answer the following questions after we read the Gettysburg reading and address. • How did the Battle of Gettysburg shape the outcome of the Civil War? • What do you think of President Lincolns remarks? • Do you think President Lincoln’s remarks were too short? Explain. • The full address--handout

  15. Emancipation ProclamationSeptember 22, 1862 • Emancipation • pages 176-177, please write your thoughts down on the following questions. • Did emancipation free all enslaved Africans? • Explain. • What was Lincoln’s main objective with the Civil War?

  16. New Roles • Women • Supplied food, clothing, and weapons • Managed family farms, ran businesses, worked in factories, filled government jobs, and disguised themselves to fight in the war. • Served as nurses.

  17. Riots Difficulty recruiting soldiers • Union- draft law • Excused men from service if they could pay $300 fee. • Who did this hurt? • Most violent draft riot---NYC • Racial overtones • Low paid workers blamed African Americans for the war. • Rioters set fire to an African American orphanage and began lynching African Americans. • South- • Homelessness and hunger overshadowed the draft issue • Women looted stores, hijacked trains, and attacked Confederate supply depots to get bread and other food.

  18. Finish Battles and Map • Please open your textbook to page 173. • Look at the map on page 173 and 175. • Both of these maps will help you complete your map on the handout. • Turn to page174, please. • Please finish the battle / events handout.

  19. Major Battles and Events • Please turn to page 174. • As you read pages 174 thru 179 (STOP at Lincoln) • Complete the map –use maps on pages 173 and 175 • Answer the questions and take notes on the battles and events • dates • Who involved • What happened • Deaths • Significant of battle or event

  20. Wednesday 10/23/13 RAP Explain how these people were impacted by the Civil War. • Slaves • Free African Americans • Women • Whites not fighting in the war Today— • notes on end of war • Video “Glory”

  21. Glory • Movie on African American Unit in Civil War. • 54th Massachusetts—had a commander Robert Shaw who fought hard to have his black troops treated like white soldiers. • Early black troops were not looked upon as equals and were not treated that way by many white commanders. They raided, destroyed, and pillaged Southern homes and towns. Many troops were not trained to fight—thought they couldn’t learn how to be a soldier. Did not receive equal pay as white soldiers.

  22. Take notes • Glory handouts and worksheets • Title: Glory video notes • Treatment of African Americans • Expectations of African Americans • Goal of most African Americans-movie • Anything you did not know or found interesting write down.  Enjoy. (Remember there is words that were used at the time that are offensive and will NOT be tolerated in our classroom or society today, so please remember this is not words or actions I expect to hear from you.  Thank you.

  23. Thursday 10/24/13 RAP Write a question you have about “Glory” so far? Today: Glory—take notes

  24. Friday 10/25/13 RAP Glory— About the role of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts in the Civil War. • What was expected of blacks in the military? • How were blacks treated by commanders? • What were some of the obstacles faced by black units? Today: Finish Glory Notes on Arizona in the Civil War Review Reconstruction – Ch. 6.3

  25. Civil War in the Far West • Battle of Glorieta Pass, NM- This was a Union victory. The battle lasted for three days because the Confederates were able to control the pass. The Union army was victorious on the third day. Lieutenant-Colonel Chaves led Chivington’s group over rugged terrain behind the Confederates in the pass. Discovering the enemy’s supply train poorly guarded, the Colorado Volunteers burned the supplies and killed 1,100 mules.

  26. Civil War in the Far West • Picacho Peak, AZ – On April 15, 1862, the western-most “battle” of the American Civil War was fought on the flanks of Picacho Peak, a rocky volcanic spire situated 50 miles northwest of Tucson. • Union cavalry patrol from California and a party of Confederates from Tucson. • Western most battle in Civil War. • 3 Union soldiers died and 3 Confederates wounded. • Confederates rode to Tucson to warn of the expected Union attack. • The commanding officer of the Union cavalry was killed and is buried by the RR tracks at Picacho—Lt. James Barrett

  27. Wars End April 9th, 1865 • About 360,000 Union soldiers died • About 260,000 Confederate soldiers died. • Approximately 1 in 3 died in the war. • 375,000 wounded. ***Twice as many soldiers died of infectious diseases than died of injuries sustained in combat. (dysentery, malaria, and typhoid) Doctors did not understand the importance of sanitation, sterile medical equipment, and a balanced diet.

  28. Lincoln • Main goal was to preserve the Union. • He would deal compassionately with the South after the war ended. • April 14, 1865—five days after the South surrendered, John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln. “to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations”

  29. Reconstruction • Begin reading and completing the notes on Reconstruction after the Civil War—Ch. 6.3

  30. RAP • What happened at the “First Battle of Bull Run?” • What did it mean to the North? South? • What happened in Gettysburg? Who won? Today: • Glory video

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