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Bell Ringer

Bell Ringer. Which war do you think had the most US citizen causalities? American Revolution War of 1812 Civil War WWI WWII Korean War Vietnam War Gulf War War in Iraq War in Afghanistan. A Nation Divided: The American Civil War. Advanced Placement World History Ms. Amundsen

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Bell Ringer

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  1. Bell Ringer • Which war do you think had the most US citizen causalities? • American Revolution • War of 1812 • Civil War • WWI • WWII • Korean War • Vietnam War • Gulf War • War in Iraq • War in Afghanistan

  2. A Nation Divided: The American Civil War Advanced Placement World History Ms. Amundsen 4/2/14

  3. Manifest Destiny • Post Revolutionary War land division • Application mountains to MI River • The Louisiana Purchase • 1803 • Napoleon needed funds • MI River to Rocky Mountains • Corps of Discovery Expedition • Lewis/Clark Expedition • 1804-1806 • Commissioned by Jefferson • “…the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread that continent allotted by by Providence for the fee development of our yearly multiplying millions.” • Quoted by? • Significance?

  4. First Look: The Donner-Reed Party 1846-1847 Families: 87 members total (Reed, Donner, Foster, Murphy, Keesebergs, Reinhardt-Breen Wolfringer) Allegations of Cannibalism

  5. Rising Tensions • Questions raised during westward expansion • Slavery • Founder’s thoughts: • Enlightenment perception of slavery: • US problem with Enlightenment theory: • Fits in with what consistent theme in American history?

  6. Sectional Conflict • Decline of Tabaco • Incline of cotton production • Slave population increases • 1770: 500,000 • 1820: 2,000,000 • What will the government try to do to fix the potential areas? Sword or the Pen?

  7. The Sword or the Pen: Political Deals over Slavery • Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Limited slavery in the land of the Louisiana purchase • North of the 36/30’ parallel • Could have slaves within the boundaries of the potential state of Missouri • Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • Repeals the Missouri Compromise of 1820 • Lets white male settlers determine if they wanted slavery through “popular sovereignty” • Bleeding Kansas • Blue Lodgers (boarder ruffians) • Jayhawkers • “I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free…it will become all one thing, or all the other” • Quoted by:

  8. Election of 1860 • Candidates: • Abraham Lincoln (Republic) • John Breckinridge (Southern Democrat) • John Bell (Constitutional Union) • Stephen Douglas (Democratic) • Results: Lincoln wins by 39.7% • Initially ran as a “sectional” candidate • Won majority without the support of a single southern state • Sparks combat between opposing states (1861-1865)

  9. “War means fighting, and fighting means killing.” –Lt. Nathan Forest • Secession on South Carolina (December 20th 1860) • Followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee • Lincoln’s Perception • Initial Response: war to save the union, not to abolish slavery • Felt that slavery was immoral, committed to future states not having slavery • Was reluctant to adopt and abolitionist policy • Doubted federal action (conflict with states rights) • Assimilation difficulties

  10. Reasons, simplified. • Southern: • Did not feel that they needed to be apart of the rest of the united states because they were self-sufficient • Cotton sales to British Isles • Wanted to preserve states rights • Wanted to preserve their socioeconomic way of life • Northern: • Viewed succession as illegal • Majority were abolitionists • Wanted to continue the new found industrialization society under free labor

  11. Wartime in the States • 1st two years • Stalemate • Emancipation Proclamation • January 1st 1863 • Made goal of the war to end slavery in the United States • Used under “war powers” • Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3 1863) • Turns military tide against the Confederacy • Causalities • Union: 22,816 • Confederate: 22, 515 • Total: 45, 515

  12. 1st Person Narrative • Letters from Sullivan Ballou • From? • To? • Historical themes?

  13. 1st Person Narrative • Letter from Private Thomas D. Newton, 8th Louisiana Infantry • From? • To? • Historical themes?

  14. 1st Person Narrative • Obituary • From? • To? • Historical Themes?

  15. Lincoln Clip • http://youtu.be/cyTn-tot1D4

  16. “I have never advocated for war except as a means of peace.” -Grant • Finalization of war • Lee Surrenders: March 28th 1865 • North ultimately prevails • Had more resources (industrial/railroad) • Total Causalities: 620,000 • America’s bloodiest war to date • 13th Amendment • Adopted December 6th 1865 • “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” • Consistent Themes • Secured unity in the United States when dealing with political issues during westward expansion • Enhanced national government power

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