Transcript American_Civil_War (My Copy)

What
Do Now
questions do you have
about this quote? (At least
3)
“I killed my brother
with hatred in my
heart”
1861-1865
Why is the
Civil War so
different?
1. Casualties
 Civil
War
(18611865)620,000
Casualties
 World
War
I- 117,000
Casualties
 World
War
II405,000
Casualties
2. Armies
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1.
2.
Armies in the Civil
War reached as
many as 125,000
men
To maintain an
army this size
2,500 Wagons
10,000 Horses
3. Taxes
 Money
is needed for the war
 Before: Only property taxes
 After- Death, luxury and
income taxes
4. Inventions
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1.
2.
3.
The large scale of
the war forces new
inventions
Right and Left
Shoes
Tin cans
Delivered Mail
Do Now
Have
you ever been in
scary/difficult
situation? How did you
fix it? (Quit, Hide or
Fight)
To Find Information
Textbook
380-389
398-399
402-417
Pages
Do Now
Have
you ever been
forced to do
something against
your will? Did you do
it? Why?
Do Now
Have
you ever been
forced to do
something against
your will? Did you do
it? Why?
Do Now
Do
you know anyone
who is a martyr
(someone who died
for what they believed
in). What did they do?
Do Now
What
is more
important in a fight,
strength or will? Why?
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3.
4.
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population - 22 million
90% of ind. goods, esp.
munition
efficient railroad system
controlled the navy- BUT
would have to fight an
offensive war (long supply
lines, unfamiliar territory...)
1.
2.
3.
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Excellent generals too -Robert
E. Lee
Defending is always easier
than attacking
Farmers fight better than
factory workers
BUT …a smaller pop., had to
import goods; very little
 The
South was looking for
an alliance w/ Britain
(since Britain’s industry
was dependent on
Cotton)...
 Britain was wary of events
and did not want to
become involved:
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It freed the slaves
only in states that
have seceded from
the Union.
It did not free
slaves in border
states.
Purpose= give land
to the freedman
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Lee realized that the South was in dire
straits and decided to attack the North
July 3- General Pickett led 15,000
Confed. Troops across open fields (=
"Pickett’s Charge")
Lee was defeated and retreated to
Virginia
Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days It
was the last time the South invaded the
North.
The Monitor
 July
4, 1863 - another Union
victory - VICKSBURG
 Won by U.S. Grant, cut South
in 1/2 and gave the Union
control of Mississippi River
 General
Sherman given
task of taking
Atlanta;
 His "March
through
Georgia" saw
total
destruction
from Atlanta to
Savannah
 April
3, 1865 - Grant took
Richmond Va. - final blow to
Lee's army
 Lee surrenders on April 9,
1865 at APPOMATTOX
COURTHOUSE
After four bloody years of civil war,
the South was defeated.
Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.
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EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR
abolition of slavery
increased power to fed. gov't –
killed the issue of states rights
U.S. now an industrial nation
South was economically and
physically devastated- thus
Reconstruction began (rebuilding
the U.S.)
BUT a deep hatred of the North
remained...
After the Emancipation
Proclamation blacks
began to join the
Union Army
 Initially they were only
used for manual labor
 Eventually, Blacks saw
live combat
 54th regiment out of
Massachusetts
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William Carney