Warm Up

1. Why did Lincoln suspend Habeas Corpus?

A. Wanted to free all slaves in the Confederate States

B. Wanted to detain those arrested during the war indefinitely

C. Believed the Union was unable of winning the war

D. Wanted to punish southern leaders of the Confederacy
2. Why was Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation significant?
A. Freed all the slaves C. Created the spoils system
B. Restored the Union D. Established moral cause for war
3. Why was the Emancipation proclamation limited in scope?
A. Only applied to slaves living under the Confederacy
B. Freed the enslaved only for a year
C. Prohibited slaves from serving in the military
D. Fostered discussion between North, South to end war
4. Who was President of the Confederates States of America?
A. Robert E. Lee
C. Jefferson Davis
B. Thomas Stonewall Jackson
D. John C. Calhoun

Civil War

Part 2

Robert E. Lee

Virginian
Commander of
Confederate Army
30-year army
veteran
(Mexican War)
Lacked men to
sustain war effort

Ulysses S. Grant
Union commander
Famous for
battle strategic
Civil War hero and
victor (accepted
Lees surrender)
Later 18th
president

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate General
Right-hand to Lee
Noted for using
geography to
advantage
Leads huge surprise
Confederate attack,
victory at
Chancellorsville
Wounded by friendly
fire, dies of pneumonia

Antietam
Sept. 1862
Lee (C) plans
secret North
invasion
Union learns
of plan
Bloodiest single day in US History
3,620 die in 1-day; 17,365 wounded
Union stops invasion, but
Confederates slip away

Gettysburg

July1863
Lee (C) moves
North again
Union beats
Confederates
in battle with 51K
casualties
Bloodiest battle
Ends Conf. invasion
Turning point for Union
Gettysburg Address: Lincolns speech at
cemetery honoring dead soldiers

Vicksburg
May-July 1863
To complete
Union control
of Mississippi
River
Union
surrounds
town, traps
Confederates
Attempt to starve them out
Confederates surrender

What do these pictures have in

common?

Sherman and Atlanta

Atlanta a big
railroad hub
Sherman (U)
captures city,
cuts rail lines
Sherman
marches
from Atlanta
to Savannah,
burning a path
250 miles long

Lincoln Re-elected (1864)

Helped by
Shermans
capture of
Atlanta
Second
Inaugural
Address:
Slavery
was evil
Hopes to reunite Union
Vision to rebuild South

Appomattox

Union had big

casualties as it
surrounded Lee
Lee tries to hold
on; too few troops
April 9, 1865: Lee
surrenders to Grant
Bloodiest war fought on U.S. soil = over
Northern Victory:
Larger Population
More Railroads
More Industry