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Chapter 17
Bell Work
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LT: I will be able to explain the
social and economic changes
during the Civil War
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BW: What is the Draft? Why did
people oppose the draft ? How
did people demonstrate their
displeasure with the draft ? Write
down 3 facts from CNN
Bell Work
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LT: I will be able analyze the social
and economic changes during
the Civil War.
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BW: What do you see in this
image?? Write down three facts
from CNN Student News?
Time line activity
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You and a partner are responsible
for researching the listed specific
events
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Election of 1860
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Fort Sumter
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Battle of Bull Run
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Battle of Antietam
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Battle of Shiloh
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Above the box you will title the
event and list the date
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In the box you will create a picture
about the event listed above
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Below the box you will write a brief
description of the event
Bell Work
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LT: I will be able to describe the
role of African Americans after the
Emancipation Proclamation.
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BW: Are African Americans
allowed to join the Union Army
before the Emancipation
Proclamation? Write 3 facts from
CNN Student News
Bell work
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LT: I will be previewing new content that lead to the Fall of the
Confederacy
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BW: Write down three facts from the CNN Student News
Bell Work
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LT: I will be able to describe the
impact of the Emancipation
Proclamation
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BW: What is the Emancipation
Proclamation ? How do you think it
affected the ongoing war? Do
you think people opposed it if so
who?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Abolitionist started pushing for the
outlawing of slavery everywhere
in the U.S.
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Lincoln feared if he did not have
the constitutional authority to
outlaw slavery.
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In his struggle to keep the union
together, Lincoln did not want to
anger the border states / many
people in the north opposed the
emancipation
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0n January, 1, 1863 Lincoln issued
the Emancipation Proclamation
which declared that all slaves in
Confederate-held territory were
free.
Think pair share
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Predict what the reactions of at
least two different groups might
be to the emancipation
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People in the north
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People in the south
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Union soldiers
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Confederate soldiers
What effect did the Emancipation
Proclamation have on the Union
cause?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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The President is commander in chief
of all armed forces.
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What does that mean take a min to
discuss is at your table
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Lincoln believed that the constitution
did not give him the authority to free
all slaves.
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Freeing the slaves in the south
weakened the confederacy and
could be seen as a military action
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The civil war was now being fought to
free millions of Americans from slavery
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Many people were upset that Lincoln
had not freed all enslaved people
including those in the border states
Video
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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipationproclamation
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http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civilwar-history/videos/civil-war
Five Finger Re-tell
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Your task: use an outline of your hand to
summarize the notes
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You should draw an out line of your hand on
the page, label and answer the questions
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Thumb- characters- who was in the notes??
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Forefinger- setting- Where and when did the
events take place?
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Middle finger- Sequence of Events-What
happened in the beginning, the middle, the
end?
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Ring finger- Problem- What was the problem in
the reading?
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Pinky- Solution- How was the problem solved in
the reading?
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Palm-Theme or main idea-What was the main
idea of the reading?
Vocabulary
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Your task: your are responsible for
defining the following terms.
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They can be located on pages
536, 542, 548, 558
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Emancipation proclamation &
Emancipate
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54th Massachusetts Volunteers
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John Wilkes Booth
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Clara Barton
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George Picket & Pickett’s Charge
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Writ of habeas corpus
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Ratify
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Green backs
Crossword Puzzle
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Your task: Create a crossword puzzle using
important people, concepts, terms, and events
from the Civil War. You may need to check you
notes
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Choose ten people, places, events, from the
civil war
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Use scratch paper to figure out how you can
write the words in crisscross combinations
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Copy the finished blank grid onto you
notebook page, numbering your across and
down words
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Write a clue for each of your ten items ( fill in
the blank, question, definition
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Provide and answer key
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
African American Soldiers
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Fredrick Douglas had argued for the
recruitment of African-American soldiers
since the start of the war.
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By the wars end about 180,000 black
soldiers wore the blue uniform of the
Union Army.
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African-American soldiers were organized
in 166 all-black regiments usually lead by
white officers
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African American soldiers were paid less
some accepted no pay
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Many white officers started out with racist
views that changed over time.
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54
Regiment
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The 54th regiment became famous in
July 1863, when it led a heroic
attack on Fort Wagner in south
Carolina
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Two sons of Frederick Douglas joined
the 54th regiment
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The confederate government
threatened to execute them or
return them to slavery if captured
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The emancipation proclamation was
one sign that the was brining
dramatic change to the North and
the South.
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54
Regiment
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What differences do you see
between the recruits (probably
runaway slaves) on the left and
the U.S.C.T. soldiers on the right?
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Black recruits in Charleston from
the April 1, 1865 issue of Harper's
Weekly.
The Draft Laws
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The North & South began passing
laws of Conscription, also known as
the Draft
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Planters with more than 20th slaves
were not required to serve in the
army
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In both the north and the south the
rich could pay to have someone
take their place
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The draft was unpopular in July 1863,
anger over the draft and simmering
racial tension led to a four day long
New York city draft riots
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Over 1000 people were killed or
wounded
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Union troops were brought to the
city to put down the uprising
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54
regiment
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Your task: sketch a statue or
building to recognize the 54th
regiment.
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You should
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Be thoughtful, and reflect the
person/ event
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Include an explanation of
every feature of your
monument and how it relates
to the person/ event
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Write a complete sentences
explaining where you would
locate your monument and
why.
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54
Regiment
Economic & Social Change
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Food shortages were very
common in the south
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Another problem in the south was
inflation
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Inflation is an increase in the cost
of goods and a decrease in the
value money
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In 1861 the first income tax- a tax
on earnings
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A year later the government
issued new currency known as
green backs
Women Aid in the War Effort
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Women in the North & South had
an increased role with men away
at war.
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Women took over office jobs,
factory jobs and some even
served on the front lines of the war
as nurses like Clara Barton
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By the end of the war there was
over 20,000 nurses had worked in
the Union & Confederacy
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Clara Barton founded the Red
Cross
Clara Barton Story Board