Transcript The Politics of War

The Politics of War
Chapter 11, Section 2
Social Studies LLD V
Mr. Pinto
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• If you were Abraham Lincoln at this point
during the Civil War, what new law would you
institute?
(Think about what might help you win the
war more easily)
Lincoln’s Dilemma
• Northern leaders asked Abraham Lincoln to,
“Make the war a crusade against slavery”
• His reply was,
– “My paramount object in this struggle is to save
the Union, and is not either to save or destroy
Slavery”
• Paramount – Most important
• In your own words, tell me what you think
Lincoln is saying here. (1-2 sentences)
• Lincoln found small ways to combat the issue
of slavery
– Union soldiers could rescue slaves
– By emancipating (rescuing) slaves, Lincoln also
ensured that Britain would not join the war on
against the Union
The Emancipation
Proclamation
“All persons held as slaves
within any State or
designated part of a State
the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against
the United States, shall be
then, thenceforward, and
forever free. . . . And upon
this act, sincerely believed
to be an act of justice,
warranted by the
Constitution upon military
necessity, I invoke the
considerate judgment of
mankind, and the gracious
favor of Almighty God”
• All slaves in states fighting
against the Union were
now free.
• I am doing a justice for all
men
• God supports this decision
1. Look at Lincoln’s face, describe 2 things that he is feeling.
2. Look around the room in the cartoon, explain what you think is going on?
3. Name 2 objects in the room, why do you think the artist draw those objects?
4. Why do you think the room is messy?
1.Looking at Lincoln’s Face, describe 2 things that he is feeling?
2. Why did the artist draw Lincoln the way he did?
3. How did the artist portray Lincoln as under the devil rule?
4. What was the purpose of the artist having a picture of John Brown as a saint
and a picture of a slave uprising in Santo Domingo?
1. How are these cartoons similar?
2. What is the major theme of each? (The artists have the same goal)
Effects of the Proclamation
• It didn’t end slavery immediately, only in the
Confederacy.
• Allowed free blacks to join the Northern Army.
• South knew that if it lost the war, its way of
life would change forever.
View the quote below. This was from a Northern
man in in 1863. How did the North react to the
Emancipation Proclamation? (1-2 sentences)
• “Men squealed, women fainted, dogs barked,
white and colored people shook hands, songs
were sung, and by this time cannons began to
fire at the navy yard. . . . Great processions of
colored and white men marched to and fro
and passed in front of the White House. . . .
The President came to the window . . . and
thou-sands told him, if he would come out of
that palace, they would hug him to death”
Closing Question
• Was the law you chose during our do now
close to what Lincoln chose to do?
After the Emancipation
Proclamation, the
North expected free
blacks and former
slaves to join the
military.
1. How does this
cartoon show the
feelings of both the
North (Lincoln) and
African Americans
in the country?