Period 5: 1845-1877
Olivia Weeks 1/4/16
The Civil War : 1861-1865
Robert E. Lee
Confederate General. Lee became the General in 1861. IN the spring of 1863, Lee invaded the north and was defeated in Gettysburg He created the most famous and successful of Confederacy armies, the Army of Northern Virginia.
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States, elected in 1860. Abraham Lincoln never saw the South as an independent nation, he felt he needed to mend them back with the Union. Lincoln did not fight for the sole purpose of slavery, he felt it was his duty as president alone to preserve the Union.
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General. Grant used war of attrition. Grant succeeded in reducing General Lee's army and forming a defensive line around Richmond. This fighting foreshadowed the trench fighting in World War I.
Event Information
First Battle of Bull Run.
This was the first major battle in the Civil War. This war promoted a myth that rebels were invincible in battle. "Stonewall" Jackson counterattacked the Union, which put Union soldiers in a panic.
When?
Sunday, Jul 21, 1861, 12:00 AM
Where?
Manassas, VA, United States
The Emancipation Proclamation.
January 1, 1863. This set slaves free in the Confederate states ONLY, but was mainly used as a motive to fight in the war.
BrainPOP Civil War
Themes Include:
POL-3: The split government allowed the north to pass pieces of legislation that the south wouldn't agree on.
NAT-2: The South was tired of the arguing and compromising only having to compromise again with the ways of the North.
Political Cartoon
Interpretation:
This Political Cartoon shows President Lincoln and "President" Davis ripping the United States map apart. This shows the breaking of the United Union.