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The Civil War Overview Time Lines

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1 The Civil War Begins

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2 The Politics of War

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3 Life During Wartime

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4 The North Takes Charge

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5 The Legacy of the War Chapter Assessment Transparencies

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The Civil War “Whatever may be the result of the contest, I foresee that the country will have to pass through a terrible ordeal . . . for our national sins.” General Robert E. Lee

THEMES IN CHAPTER 11

Constitutional Concerns Economic Opportunity Science and Technology

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The Civil War “Whatever may be the result of the contest, I foresee that the country will have to pass through a terrible ordeal . . . for our national sins.” General Robert E. Lee

What do you know? • What do you already know about the Civil War? Why did Americans choose sides and fight one another? Read the quote above and answer the following:

• What is Lee’s vision of events to follow? • What do you think he considers to be “our national sins”?

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Time Line The United States April 1861 Fort Sumter is taken by Confederates. July 1861 Union loses at Bull Run. April 1862 Union avoids defeat at Shiloh.

September 1862 Antietam results in huge casualties. Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. January 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect. July 1863 The Union wins at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox. Lincoln is assassinated.

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Time Line The World February 1861 Victor Emmanuel II’s Kingdom of Italy is inaugurated. March 1861 Serfs in Russia are emancipated by Alexander II. September 1862 Otto von Bismarck is named minister-president of Prussia. June 1863 Shir ‘Ali Khan becomes amir of Afghanistan. June 1864 Maximilian of Austria becomes the new emperor of Mexico. July 1864 Taiping Rebellion in China ends with the fall of Nanjing.

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The Civil War Begins

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Learn About the military strategies and actions of the first two years of the Civil War.

To Understand how the war became a more prolonged, deadly conflict than anyone had predicted.

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Key Idea The secession of Southern states causes the North and South to take up arms.

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Section 1 Assessment SUMMARIZING

What are some newspaper headlines that summarize the key Civil War battles fought in 1861 and 1862? Month

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•Confederates Shell Ft. Sumter–War

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•Confederate Triumph at Bull Run

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•April •September

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•Grant Beats Back Attack at Shiloh– Farragut Seizes New Orleans •Grant’s Forces Capture Fort Henry and Fort Donelson •McClellan Falters After Victory at Antietam

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Section 1 Assessment HYPOTHESIZING

What if Virginia had not seceded from the Union in 1861? Speculate on how this might have affected the course of the war.

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• Virginia’s influence on other Southern states • Virginia’s location and its human and material resources • how the North’s military strategy might have been different

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Section 1 Assessment DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

What were General McClellan’s major tactical errors?

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• the North’s and South’s military strategies • the outcome of the Seven Days’ Battles and the Second Battle of Bull Run • events at the Battle of Antietam

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The Politics of War

Learn About the political issues that arose during the Civil War.

To Understand how divided Americans were over the course and purpose of the war.

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Key Idea President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation and makes slavery the focus of the war.

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Section 2 Assessment SUMMARIZING

What were some of the political measures President Lincoln took to solve the problems his administration faced? Slavery

Issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Dissent

Suspended the writ of habeas corpus

Shortage of soldiers

Spurred Union to adopt draft laws

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Section 2 Assessment FORMING OPINIONS

Do you think that Lincoln’s measures to deal with disloyalty and dissent represented an abuse of power?

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• conditions of wartime versus peacetime • Lincoln’s primary goal • Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney’s view of Lincoln’s powers

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Section 2 Assessment ANALYZING ISSUES

Why might the Emancipation Proclamation be considered a turning point of the Civil War?

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• how the Emancipation Proclamation redefined the purpose of the war • the Proclamation as a political maneuver • the Proclamation’s effect on military action

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Life During Wartime

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Learn About the wartime experiences of civilians, soldiers, and African Americans.

To Understand the social and economic changes created by the Civil War.

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Key Idea The war creates social and economic changes as people struggle with the loss of family members, property destruction, and the impending end of slavery.

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SUMMARIZING

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What economic changes occurred in the North and South as a result of the Civil War? ECONOMIC CHANGES NORTH

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•expansion of many industries

•rampant inflation

•increase in labor-saving machines

•decline of the plantation system

•lower wages for white male industrial workers

•shortage of food and other items

•decline in standard of living

•more employment opportunities for women

•more employment opportunities for women

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COMPARING AND CONTRASTING

What effects did the Civil War have on women and African Americans?

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• new opportunities in both the North and the South • discriminatory practices that persisted for both groups

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Section 3 Assessment SYNTHESIZING

Imagine you were one of the Northern women and doctors who convinced the government to establish the Sanitary Commission. What reasons would you have offered to justify this commission? THINK ABOUT

• the health dangers soldiers faced • the twofold task of the Sanitary Commission

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Learn About the battles and political events of the final two years of the war.

To Understand why the Union won the Civil War.

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Key Idea Key victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg help the Union wear down the Confederacy and win the war.

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Section 4 Assessment SUMMARIZING

What were some of the major battles and political events relating to the final two years of the Civil War? May 1863 South defeats North at Chancellorsville.

November 1863 Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address.

July 1863 North defeats South at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.

September 1864 Sherman takes Atlanta.

March 1864 Lincoln appoints Grant commander of Union armies.

April 1865 Lee surrenders at Appomattox.

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Section 4 Assessment ANALYZING ISSUES

Grant and Sherman presented a logical rationale for using the strategy of total war. Did the end—defeating the Confederacy—justify the means—causing harm to civilians?

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• their reasons for targeting the civilian population • Sherman’s quoted remarks on page 336 • Eliza Frances Andrews’s observations about Sherman’s march

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Section 4 Assessment EVALUATING

Is a general’s win-loss record on the battlefield the best gauge of measuring his greatness as a military leader? Why or why not?

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• Grant’s campaign in Virginia, Sherman’s march to Atlanta, and Lee’s surrender • Democrats’ and Northern newspapers’ criticism of Grant • the criteria you would use to evaluate a military leader

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The Legacy of the War

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Learn About the economic, political, military, and social consequences of the Civil War.

To Understand why historians consider the Civil War a crucial turning point in U.S. history.

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Key Idea The Civil War settles long-standing disputes over states’ rights and slavery.

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Section 5 Assessment SUMMARIZING

What were the political, economic, technological, and social consequences of the Civil War? POLITICAL: freed enslaved people; ended secession threat; increased federal government’s power

CONSEQUENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR

ECONOMIC: strengthened banking system; stimulated economic growth of the North and contributed to the economic decline of the South; created sizable war debt TECHNOLOGICAL: heightened importance of weaponry in warfare; led to new military strategies, such as trench warfare SOCIAL: disrupted families because of staggering loss of lives; many disabled veterans

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Section 5 Assessment ANALYZING ISSUES

What political and social issues from the Civil War era do you think are still issues today?

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• the Thirteenth Amendment • the changing role of the federal government during and after the Civil War • the new weapons used to fight the war

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Section 5 Assessment HYPOTHESIZING

Imagine that you are a member of a group of Southern leaders who must rebuild the South after the war. What would you recommend that the government do to help the South? THINK ABOUT

• the economic devastation of the South • the human costs of the war • the numbers of newly freed slaves

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Assessment

1. What were the military strategies of the North and South at the onset of the Civil War?

2. What advantages did the North have over the South? What advantages did the South have over the North? 3. How did each of these groups—slaves, free-born African Americans, Democrats, Union soldiers, and the Confederacy—react to the Emancipation Proclamation? 4. What precedent in governing the nation did Lincoln set for future wartime presidents? 5. What acts of protest or resistance occurred in both the North and the South because of economic and social changes during the war?

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Assessment

6. Briefly describe the war crimes committed against prisoners at Fort Pillow and Andersonville. 7. Cite events that illustrate the South’s deteriorating morale after defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. 8. What was Grant and Sherman’s rationale for using the strategy of total war? 9. How did the Civil War provide the economic foundation for the United States to become an industrial giant? 10. Give examples of new military machinery and technological improvements in weapons used during the Civil War.

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