TOPICS
Civil War & Reconstruction
Industrial Revolution &
Progressivism
The Civil War & Reconstruction
Cause/Effects of War
Abolition Movement
Major Battles
Postwar Reconstruction Plans
Civil War and Reconstruction
1. Compare North and
South
Sectionalism
◦ North: industrial, used immigrants for labor, very populated
◦ South: agricultural, depended on slaves for labor, less population
States’
Rights (South) v.
Federalism (North)
Representation in Congress
2. What were the factors and events that led to the Civil War? o Background: Missouri Compromise
(1820)
slavery prohibited in northern part of Louisiana
Territory
Maine enters as free state / Missouri as slave state Preserves balance (free/slave) but beginning of sectional conflict that would lead to war
A. Compromise of 1850
California enters as free state
Popular sovereignty used to decide slavery in
Utah and New Mexico
Fugitive Slave Act
Factors and Events (cont.)
B. Abolition Movement: the social movement to end slavery (Harriet Tubman, Underground RR, Fredrick
Douglass; Harriet Beecher Stowe)
C. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Popular sovereignty to decide slavery
Bleeding Kansas (1856)
Conflict arises when pro and anti slavery factions rush into
Kansas to vote
Popular sovereignty is not working
Republican Party is formed in 1854
D. Dred Scott Case (1857)
Supreme Court rules that slaves cannot be citizens and are property of their owners
Factors and Events (cont.)
E. Election of 1860
Republican Abe Lincoln wins (slavery must not be allowed in new territories); causes southern states to consider leaving the union F. Secessionist Movement (1861)
South Carolina secedes before Lincoln takes office (6 other southern states follow) **Civil War Begins
Confederate forces fire on Ft. Sumter and the Civil War begins
3. Describe the Civil War- Military
Strengths and Weaknesses
NORTH
Big
population advantage
22 million people
9 million in South (including
3.5 million slaves)
Industrialized
Manufacturing
Railroads
Immigrants
Helped fight and manufacture supplies
(uniforms/weapons…)
SOUTH
Psychological
edge as they were fighting for their way of life
Better prepared for fighting General Lee was brilliant
Southerners were ready to fight
Only
had to avoid defeat 3. Military Strategies(cont.) o Anaconda
Plan
North tried to station troops along Mississippi River (cutting South in half)
Also controlled ports with navy
Tried to “strangle” the South by shutting off all supply routes
4.
Turning Points of the War:
Battle
of Vicksburg: Union victory that gave them control of the
Mississippi River
o Battle
of Gettysburg
3-day battle that ended in a Confederate retreat (Gen. Lee lost 1/3 of his men) Last battle fought on Union soil
Turning point of the war
Gettysburg Address – Lincoln’s speech that reaffirmed the vales of the
United States and its ability to endure
5. Describe the course of the Civil War o Life
During War
Draft in North triggers rioting (possible to pay way out of draft)
Blockade hurt South- starving
Many soldiers died from wounds (little knowledge of infections) Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
(decree freeing enslaved people in rebellious states after 1863) in an attempt to convince South to surrender Many enslaved people tried to help Union (provide food for Union troops, give Union help with terrain,…)
54th Massachusetts – all black regiment who fought for the Union
What were the effects of the Civil War on
American society?
6. Effects on Economy
North – Booming economy
South – depression
- Effects on the Constitution
13th Amendment – abolished slavery
14th Amendment – guaranteed equality for all citizens of the
U.S.
15th Amendment – voting rights guaranteed (to men)
7. Reconstruction- unite the North and South
Lincoln & Johnson wanted to restore political status of southern states quickly