THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
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Agenda

• EQ How did the Civil War impact the United
  States?
• Warm-Up What were some factors that led to the
  South seceding?
• MLQ How can we learn about the advantages and
  disadvantages of the North and South by using
  comparing and contrasting skills?
• Vocabulary
• Advantage a beneficial factor or combination of
  factors
• Initial occurring at the beginning
• The DaVinci basketball team had an advantage
  over their opponents because they were playing
  the game at home.
• The initial part of test was multiple choice.
• Work period Students will
• Answer compare and contrast tiered questions
• Share Share answers
• Closing Summary of lesson
• H.W. Read and Answer the North and South
  Compared Worksheet

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The Civil War Union vs Confederacy
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The South Secedes

• People in the South believed their economy and
  way of life would be destroyed without slave
  labor
• On December 20, 1860, South Carolina,
  Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
  Louisiana, and Texas officially seceded from the
  union.
• These states formed their own confederacy called
  the Confederate States of America
• Slavery was made legal in the confederacy and
  they elected Jefferson Davis.

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The first States secede
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The Battle Begins

• A question arose as to who owned federal property
  such as forts, banks, and arsenals in Southern
  territory.
• In 1861, the Confederates attacked Fort Sumter,
  in Charlestown, South Carolina starting the Civil
  War.
• Lincoln quickly sent ships to bring supplies to
  the fort to prevent a take over but the federal
  troops could not hold back Confederate troops and
  the North lost the first battle.

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Confederate vs. Union
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Union (North)

• Advantages
• - population - 22 million
• - 90 of industrial goods, esp. weapons
• - efficient railroad system
• - controlled the navy, which could be
  used to blockade s. ports and shut
  down the s. economy
• - capable military leaders, inc. Ulysses S.
  Grant
• Disadvantages
• - would have to fight an offensive war
  in unfamiliar
• territory
• - Many soldiers were factory workers

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Confederate (Rebel) advantages (South) and
disadvantages

• Advantages
• Confederates had excellent generals too -Robert
  E. Lee and Thomas Jackson
• Defending is always easier than attacking -
  (familiar climate and territory)
• Farmers fight better than factory workers
• Profitable economy based on cotton exports
• Disadvantages
• a smaller population of 9 million (inc. 3.5
  million slaves)
• had to import industrial goods very
• little weapon production

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Model

• Elementary schools and middle schools have many
  traits in common. Typically, both are open five
  days a week for a set number of hours each day.
  Students sit at desks in classrooms and are
  expected to listen to and learn from their
  teachers. There is a set time for lunch. Each
  day, students are given homework assignments.
  Students take quizzes and tests. In all of these
  ways, middle school should feel somewhat familiar
  to new students.
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  H.A.G
• However, there are some big changes that new
  middle school students should be aware of. In
  elementary school, students usually stay in the
  same classroom with one teacher for most of the
  day. That is not the case in middle school, where
  students typically have a different teacher for
  each subject. Students must move to a different
  classroom for each subject too. Since there is
  not one classroom in which to store supplies,
  middle schools often provide students with
  lockers. For many kids, getting a locker is a
  welcome rite of passage.