Civil War Notes.pdf

Events that led to Secession
• Compromise of 1850
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Dred Scott Decision
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

Read pages118 - 120
North
South

North and South
• Economic differences:
1. The North (Union)
• More Industrial
– Fast paced
2. The South (Confederates)
• More agricultural
– Laid-back

Slavery in the South
• What is the significance
of slavery to the South
1. Plantations
depended on slave
labor
2. The entire economy
was rooted in
slavery

Secession by Addition
South Carolina December 20, 1860
Mississippi January 9, 1861
• New states entrance into
the Union only fueled
tensions
• By 1860 - 1861, 11
Southern states secede
from the Union.
Florida January 10, 1861
Alabama January 11, 1861
Georgia January 19, 1861
Louisiana January 26, 1861
Texas February 1, 1861
Virginia April 17, 1861*
Arkansas May 6, 1861*
North Carolina May 20, 1861*
Tennessee June 8, 1961*
States = secession after the Confederate victory
at Fort Sumter

Early in the War
1. Succession by the South,
viewed simply as a “rebellion”
by President Lincoln.
– Non-recognition of the
“Confederate States”
2. Both Unionist and
Confederates were eager to
enlist.
3. South has early success
repelling and defeating against
the Union.

THE AMERICAN
CIVIL WAR
A Nation Divided

Answer the following
• Which army saw success in the early part of the war
Why
• What general headed the Confederate forces Who is
considered his Northern equal
• What did the South hope would happen as the war
continued
• What is the turning point of the war, from a political stand
point (for the North)

1861: Confederate States vs. United States
• South (Confederacy)
– President: Jefferson Davis
– Vice President: Alexander Stephens
– *Capital: Richmond, Virginia*
• North (Union)
– President: Abraham Lincoln
– Vice President: Andrew Johnson
– Capital: Washington D.C. , Maryland

1 st Battle: Bull Run or Manassas
• 1 st “major” battle of the
Civil War
– Marked the world’s
first “industrialized
war”
– Stunning victory for
the Confederates
• Spectators present
during the fighting.

Wartime Hardships
• What do you think were some of the effects of the war on the
following Economies
South
•Food shortages
•Decline in cash crop growth and harvest
North
•Decline in industrial production
• Both sides saw men go off to war, while
women began filling critical roles and jobs
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Effects of Emancipation Proclamation
1. Outlawed slavery only in the
“rebel” states
2. Higher rates of fugitive slaves
to the North
3. Enlistment by black’s into
the Union Army increases!
– 180,000 by 1865 (10% of
Union troops)
– Fighting 54 th 1863 charge
on Fort Wagner –
Charleston, SC.

The Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War
Importance of Gettysburg
• The South needed to convince
the federal government to permit
them to secede.
• How will they accomplish this
1. 1863 the Northern war effort
was in disarray.
2. Beat the Union on their own
soil
3. Make the Union abandon the
war.

Frederick Douglass
1. One of America's “Greatest
Speakers”.
2. Author of his own
Autobiography and The
North Star.
3. Abolitionist who served as an
adviser to President Lincoln
4. Revered today for his
contributions against racial
injustice.

1865
1. 13 th Amendment passed
Feb.
2. March 1865 – Second
Inaugural Address
– Re-elected Nov. 1864
3. April 9 : Lee surrenders to
Grant - Appomattox
4. April 14 1865 Lincoln is
shot
– Dies the next day
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln