Chapter 9
Words
North forged ahead of South Growing conflict over slavery Led to Secession and Civil War |
Gestures
Rt. hand moves away from left Pull away left Bang fists together |
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Notes
Time frame 1840s --> 1860s (1850s)
Names to know:
Henry Clay: the “Great Compromiser”
John C. Calhoun: “States’ Rights”
Daniel Webster: “For the Union”
All 3 dead by 1852
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Franklin Pierce: 1st Doughface president (Northern Democrat sympathetic to States’ Rights)
Stephen Douglas: “the Little Giant from Illinois”; emerged as national leader (Dem)
James Buchanan: 2nd Doughface
Dred Scottt: Supreme Court ruled “once a slave, always a slave”
Abraham Lincoln: “The Rail Splitter”; emerging leader of the Republicans.
John Brown: “Martyr OR Lunatic” after his raid on Harper’s Ferry
Time frame 1840s --> 1860s (1850s)
Names to know:
Henry Clay: the “Great Compromiser”
John C. Calhoun: “States’ Rights”
Daniel Webster: “For the Union”
All 3 dead by 1852
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Franklin Pierce: 1st Doughface president (Northern Democrat sympathetic to States’ Rights)
Stephen Douglas: “the Little Giant from Illinois”; emerged as national leader (Dem)
James Buchanan: 2nd Doughface
Dred Scottt: Supreme Court ruled “once a slave, always a slave”
Abraham Lincoln: “The Rail Splitter”; emerging leader of the Republicans.
John Brown: “Martyr OR Lunatic” after his raid on Harper’s Ferry
US Civil War 1861-1865
Or War of Southern Secession? The Rebellion?
Or War of Northern Aggression?
Blue and the Gray, brother against brother.
USA President: Abraham Lincoln
CSA (Confederate States of America) President Jefferson Davis
Union goal early on was to preserve the union.
Anaconda Plan: Squeeze the Confederacy/Blockade coast, and then take the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee emerges as great general for CSA.
Ulysses S. Grant later emerges as great general for USA.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in rebel territory only.
Changes war to free the Slaves.
Clara Barton: Battlefield nurse and later Red Cross.
54th Mass Regiment/Black Soldiers
US Colored Troops
Battles to Know!
Bull Run: War’s first land battle—it was not going to be a picnic.
Antietam: Technically a Union victory; gave Lincoln the power to make the Emancipation Proclamation.
Gettysburg: “Highwater Mark of CSA”
Vicksburg: Grant got control of the Mississippi River.
Siege and Fall of Richmond: Grant chases Lee to Appomattox Courthouse.
Or War of Southern Secession? The Rebellion?
Or War of Northern Aggression?
Blue and the Gray, brother against brother.
USA President: Abraham Lincoln
CSA (Confederate States of America) President Jefferson Davis
Union goal early on was to preserve the union.
Anaconda Plan: Squeeze the Confederacy/Blockade coast, and then take the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy.
Robert E. Lee emerges as great general for CSA.
Ulysses S. Grant later emerges as great general for USA.
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in rebel territory only.
Changes war to free the Slaves.
Clara Barton: Battlefield nurse and later Red Cross.
54th Mass Regiment/Black Soldiers
US Colored Troops
Battles to Know!
Bull Run: War’s first land battle—it was not going to be a picnic.
Antietam: Technically a Union victory; gave Lincoln the power to make the Emancipation Proclamation.
Gettysburg: “Highwater Mark of CSA”
Vicksburg: Grant got control of the Mississippi River.
Siege and Fall of Richmond: Grant chases Lee to Appomattox Courthouse.