Transcript African Americans in the Civil Warx

Do Now – United States History
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Take out your completed homework. Pass it over.
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In your notebooks, explain what the following quote is
giving justification to:
“You cannot define war in harsher terms than I will. War
is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who
brought war into our country deserve all the
punishment people can dish out.”
--William Tecumseh Sherman
Letter to the city of Atlanta, 1864
Total War
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What is the idea of “total war”?
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How did General William T. Sherman use the
concept of “total war”?
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What are other ways to severely punish the South?
African-Americans
& the Civil War
Essential Question
(to be answered at the end)
 How
did the Northern focus of the war
change during the course of the Civil
War?
North’s Original Motivation
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From the start of the war, what was the North’s
motivation for fighting the war?
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KEEPING THE UNION TOGETHER!
Emancipation Proclamation
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After the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln developed the
Emancipation Proclamation
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Did Lincoln free the slaves?
Emancipation Proclamation
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Did Lincoln free the slaves?
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You will examine documents and answer the
accompanying questions to decide for yourself the
answer to the question above.
Document A Questions
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The Civil War ended in 1865. Why did Lincoln decide to free
the slaves before the war even ended?
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In the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln does not mention
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. These states
had slaves but were not part of the Confederacy (they were
not fighting against the Union). What happens to the slaves in
these states?
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Why do you think he calls the act a “military necessity” in the
last section?
Document B Questions
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According to Douglass, what was happening in the North in
1863?
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What was Lincoln worried about?
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What is Douglass’s conclusion about Lincoln and the
Emancipation Proclamation?
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Douglass wrote about his meeting with Lincoln almost 20
years later. How might the passage of time affect Douglass’s
memory of Lincoln and his evaluation of the Emancipation
Proclamation?
Do Now: US History
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In your notebooks, answer:
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How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign
countries’ involvement in the war?
Emancipation Proclamation
(Quiz)
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How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign
countries’ involvement in the war?
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Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation
Proclamation? (There are many reasons, state
them all.)
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Did Lincoln free the slaves? Explain your opinion.
Emancipation Proclamation
(Discussion Questions)
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How did the issue of slavery play a role in foreign
countries’ involvement in the war?
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Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation
Proclamation? (There are many reasons, state
them all.)
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Did Lincoln free the slaves? Explain your opinion.
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If you were to design a monument for the Battle
of Fort Wagner, what would it commemorate or
honor?
Why?
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What does this notice say?
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How has the motivation of the war
changed?
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How does this notice go along
with this change in motivation?
Battle of Fort Wagner
 What
was unique about the 54th
Massachusetts Regiment?
Glory
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Battle of Fort Wagner
 What
did the Battle of Fort Wagner prove to
Northerners?
Essential Question Revisited
 On
a separate sheet of paper, answer
in a paragraph format:
 How
did the Northern focus of the war
change during the course of the Civil
War?