Civil War
Beginning
Beginning
1860-65
What does the Electoral College determine?
formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
Differentiate between a Hero vs Martyr?
A martyr is a person who takes up a cause and in death, becomes the cause.
A hero is a person for whom carrying out a duty is his or her creed.
Differentiate between the 2 types of Historical “source”. Primary or Secondary?
Primary sources provide a first-hand account of an event or time period and are considered to be authoritative. ...
Secondary sources involve analysis, synthesis, interpretation, or evaluation of primary sources.
What is the significance of April 2nd, 1865?
On April 2nd, 1865 the word reached Richmond, VA that lines in Petersburg had broken
When did differences regarding slavery begin between the North and the South?
What was the South’s main reason to secede?
A1: South wanted slavery & North prohibited Slavery
A2: Slavery (maintain peculiar institution )
Where was slavery prohibited?
What is the name of a person who tries to find “middle-ground” politically?
North
Moderate/Moderator
Fugitive Act state?
The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.
The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Name 4 states that were part of the Confederate States of America.
On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America
The first state to allow people of color to form regiments in the Union army?
leader of the 54th Massachusetts?
February 1863, the abolitionist Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts issued the Civil War's first call for black soldiers.
Massachusetts did not have many African-American residents, but by the time 54th Infantry regiment headed off to training camp two weeks later more than 1,000 men had volunteered
What state was the first to secede the Union?
It became the first state to declare its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860
Who were the candidates for President in 1860?
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln Republican180
John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic 72
Stephen A. Douglas Democratic 12
John Bell Constitutional Union 39
What state did Lincoln consider the most important to keep in the Union?
Kentucky - President Abraham Lincoln considered Kentucky's loyalty to the Union as an important factor in the Union winning the Civil War.
Kentucky began the war as a neutral state, but later came under Union control.
In what year did the Confederate States of America form?
1861
Up until Gettysburg, who was winning the Civil War? Name 2 battles won by that side…
Who ended up winning the battle of Gettysburg?
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863, is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War. After a great victory over Union forces at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania in late June 1863.
Union victory that stoppedConfederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North
What did the south call the institution of slavery?
Peculiar
What states threatened this term “secession”?
What southern states broke away from the Union right away, following the election?
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas all commit to secession in 1861.
These states form the Confederate States of America, elect Jefferson Davis as their president and draft a constitution which mimics that of the United States except for an explicit endorsement of slavery.
Was the Emancipation Proclamation a law?
Was it an Executive Order?
Why was the emancipation proclamation widely attacked when it was written?
a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
It changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designated areas of the South from slave to free.
In what year did the Confederate States of America form?
1861
How was Abraham Lincoln greeted by African Americans when he went to see Jefferson Davis’ office?
Jefferson Davis office. He was thronged by Blacks one old lady is said to have shouted: "I know I am alive for I have seen Father Abraham and felt him."
What did slavery keep balanced on the the social ladder?
(student response)
First battle of the Civil War?
Ft.Sumter
The primary advantage of the North over the South was?
The population difference between the north and south?
Union had the large population, people to fight in the war and work in the factories to make war materials. The North also had the industrial base, the factories to make these war materials.
At the beginning of the war the Northern states had a combined population of 22 million people. The Southern states had a combined population of about 9 million.
Did the union agree with the CSA being an individual country?
The Union never agreed that the Confederacy was really a country, and because the Confederacy had slavery, none of the countries in Europe ever agreed that the Confederacy was a country
How did Lincoln respond to the capture of those cities?
He stated to Admiral David Porter: "Thank God I have lived to see this. It seems to me that I have been dreaming a horrid dream for four years, and now the nightmare is gone, I want to see Richmond".