2. Objective:
– Students will be able to summarize the
advantages of North (Union) and South
(Confederate) as well as summarize the
significance of major battles during Civil War
using Graphic Organizer.
3. US Presidents
1. George Washington
2. John Adams
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison
5. James Monroe
4. 6. John Quincy Adams
7. Andrew Jackson
8. Martin Van Buren
9. William Henry Harrison
10. John Tyler
11. James K. Polk
11. Compromise of 1850
• California became a
Free state
•Henry Clay
• North must enforce the
Fugitive Slave Law
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• Stephen Douglas
• Proposed popular
sovereignty- let the
people in the territory
decide by voting
25. AGENDA
Mission Statement:
The mission of John F. Kennedy High
School is to develop our island students to
become globally prime high achiever
ESLR
Responsible citizen
Problem Solver
Effective Communicator
Technologically Literate
26. Lincoln’s Choices
He wanted to prevent
war.
“No state can lawfully
get out of the Union”
“We are not enemies,
but friends.”
“A House divided against
itself cannot stand” -- A.
Lincoln
:
Jefferson Davies:
“All we ask is to be left
alone” -- J. Davies
27. Urgent!
THE VERY NEXT DAY
An important message came from Major
Robert Anderson commander at Fort Sumter,
South Carolina
Supplies at the Fort are
almost gone. If new
supplies are not sent soon,
we will be forced to
surrender the fort to the
Confederacy.
28. What to Do???
If I send troops…Southerners might attack
If I send troops and
ammunitions….Southerners WILL attack.
If I do nothing…the commander will have
to surrender.
35. Advantages and Disadvantages:
North
22 million population
More people
100,000 Factories
More factories
70,000 miles of Railroad
More railroad
Strong navy
Fighting to preserve
the Union
South
9 million population
Open vast land
20,000 factories
9,000 miles of Railroad
Defending homeland
better trained soldiers
leaders
No navy
Fighting to preserve way
of life (slavery)
39. Strategic Plan:
North
Anaconda Plan
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•
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•
Divide- control
Mississippi
Open for invasionTennessee
Surround with naval
attack
Capture Richmond
South
•
•
Defend existing
territory
Hold out long
enough to tire
North
40. Gen. Robert E. Lee (South)
It is a good thing war is
so terrible; else we
should grow too fond
of it”
42. Battle of Bull Run,1861
First battle
Union marched to
Virginia
Thomas Stonewall
Jackson (C)blocked
the advance
•
•
•
•
inexperienced
North retreated
•
•
streets clogged with
spectators
Jackson (C) infantry
charge caused Union
troops to stampede.
43. Ulysses S. Grant (North)
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–
–
–
Believed in action not in
making plans
Flexible-sudden changes
in battle plan
“Find out where your
enemy is and get
them as soon as you
can”
Tennessee:
– took Fort Henry
– Fort Donelson
– took Shiloh
Strategy lesson learned:
Need of scout,
trenches,
fortifications
“When in
doubt, fight”
44. Battle of Antietam
Lee plan to move war to
North
Lee –plan of surprise
attack-secret message
Confederate soldier lost message
hidden on a cigars
Union found message
Bloodiest Battle
A single day of
fighting left 23,000
dead.
46. Battle of Chancellorsville
Lee sent Stonewall
Jackson in a
surprise attack,
nearly destroying
the Union army on
the first day.
This was General
Lee’s greatest
victory, defeating a
force twice its size.
Lee determined to
invade the North
again, hoping a
victory there would
end the war.
47. The Battle of Fredericksburg
Lee- took victory
– Jackson was shot accidentally by one of
his soldiers caught pneumonia and died