Transcript SS-Ch. 9 Notes - Civil War

Chapter 9
The Civil War
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Finish Constitution
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Define Vocabulary and Important People
for Ch. 9
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Work on Wrkbk p. 55 – 56
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Anything that is not done by the end of
class is HW
Things to do…
Vocabulary
Important People
1.
Abolitionist
2.
Secede
3.
Emancipate
2.
Abraham Lincoln
4.
Enlist
3.
Ulysses S. Grant (1st sentence)
4.
Robert E. Lee (1st sentence)
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Wrkbk p. 56
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Skip #6 - Hub
5.
Raid
6.
Safe House
7.
Fugitive Slave
8.
Underground Railroad
9.
Union
10.
Confederacy
1.
James Buchanan (Only President
from PA + second sentence)
Vocabulary & Important People
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Abolitionist – a person who worked to end slavery
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Secede – to break away
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Emancipate – to set free
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Enlist – to volunteer for military service
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Raid – a surprise attack
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Hub – a transportation center
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Safe House – a place where enslaved people hid along the
Underground Railroad
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Fugitive – enslaved person who has escaped to freedom
Vocabulary
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Harriet Tubman – was
a slave who escaped,
became an abolitionist
and saved thousands
of slaves and started
Underground Railroad
Important People
James Buchanan
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first President born in
Pennsylvania, and
tried to bring the
North and South to
an agreement about
slavery
Abraham Lincoln
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man who opposed
the spread of slavery
and was elected
President in 1860
Important People
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In the 1850’s the North and South had
different views on slavery
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The North wanted to end slavery while the
South believed their economy depended on
slavery
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Many Pennsylvanian’s did not support slavery
and helped enslaved people on the
Underground Railroad
Lesson 1 – Underground Railroad
The
Underground
Railroad was a
system of
secret routes
that led slaves
to the North
to be free
Underground Railroad Routes
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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln
was elected President. He
believed the government
should prevent slavery from
spreading to new states.
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Southern states were against
the election of Lincoln, and
seceded from the United
States.
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The Southern states that
seceded formed the
Confederate States of
America, also known as the
Confederacy.
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The states that remained in
the United States were
known as the Union.
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The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in
South Carolina
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In 1863, President Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation
◦ This stated that all enslaved people in the
Confederacy would be “forever free.”
◦ It also allowed African Americans to join the Union
forces
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Confederate General Robert
E. Lee marched his troops
into Pennsylvania to meet
the Union at Gettysburg
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General George Mead of PA,
commanded the Union
Troops
The government created a
cemetery at Gettysburg for
all the Union soldiers that
died in the battle.
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Lincoln’s dedication speech
became known as the
Gettysburg Address
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The battle at Gettysburg
lasted 3 days and more than
50, 000 troops were killed or
wounded
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The Union won the battle of
Gettysburg and Lee withdrew
his troops
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Pennsylvanians supported the Union by
using their natural resources to produce
weapons, such as cannons.
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Women sewed uniforms and nursed
wounded soldiers.
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About 9,000 African Americans from
Pennsylvania enlisted in the Union Army
Supporting the Troops
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The Mason-Dixon Line was a boundary between
Pennsylvania (North) and Maryland (South)
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General Ulysses S. Grant was in charge of the
Union troops
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The Union controlled most of the Mississippi
Valley and Georgia
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The Union’s win at the battle at Cedar Creek
severely weakened the Confederate forces
The Civil War Ends
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After the Union captured the Confederate capital
in Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee
surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9,
1865.
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This ended the Civil War.
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More Americans died in the Civil War than in any
other war.
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Five days later President Abraham Lincoln was
assassinated.
The Confederate Surrenders