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Civil War Events

Civil War Events. Essential Question : How did President Lincoln increase the Power of the presidency in order to win the Civil War?. APUSH Chapters 20 & 21. Emancipation Proclamation.

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Civil War Events

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  1. Civil War Events Essential Question: How did President Lincoln increase the Power of the presidency in order to win the Civil War? APUSH Chapters 20 & 21

  2. Emancipation Proclamation • Issued on 1-1-1863 by Lincoln. Although opposed to slavery, Lincoln did not think the gov’t had the power to abolish it After what battle does Lincoln issue this proclamation? Antietam • Overtime Lincoln saw that he could not save the Union without ending slavery. How did Lincoln authorize the freeing of slaves? Seizing enemy “property” • The Proclamation did not free any slaves immediately b/c it applied only to slaves in the CSA. It made the war into a struggle to free slaves

  3. The Progress of War: 1861-1865

  4. Gettysburg Address • Given by President Lincoln on 11-19-1863 at Gettysburg, PA four months after the battle of Gettysburg • Civil War not only a struggle to save the Union but also to protect freedom of all citizens • “The United States are” vs. “The United States is”

  5. Suspension of Habeas Corpus Habeas Corpus: Prisoner must be brought into court to determine why they are being detained – can’t be held in jail without going before a judge • Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus to discourage disloyalty in the North 13,000 CSA sympathizers are put in jail without trial in the North • Most people were quickly released, Lincoln often ignored the heavy protest of the Supreme Court and general public How does this action increase Lincoln’s power as President during the Civil War?

  6. Why does Britain need cotton from the South? Recognition by Britain would give the CSA legitimacy. Also, the CSA could expect Britain to help break the Union naval blockade Why didn’t the South receive recognition from Britain? Great Britain & The Civil War

  7. Trent Affair Two CSA diplomats on a British ship are detained by a Union vessel off the Coast of Cuba British reaction? Union reaction? Alabama Commerce raids against Union ships around the world Built in Britain with a British crew had CSA officers on board “One war at a time”

  8. Union’s biggest advantage over CSA? Draft initiated to tap into large Union population Results of drafting Irish immigrants in NYC? Draft Riot of 1863 The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

  9. NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

  10. Recruiting Irish Immigrants in NYC

  11. “Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight” • How much $$$ to avoid being drafted in the North? • Who could claim exemption in CSA? • People who owned > 20 slaves • CSA conscription agents rob both “cradle and the grave” – eligible for draft if b/w ages of 17 to 50

  12. Extreme faction of the Peace Democrats Openly obstruct Union war effort Vallandigham exiled to the CSA made his way to Canada and speaks out against the war Strong support in Southern OH, IN,IL Personal attacks on Lincoln, attacks on the draft & emancipation The Peace Movement: Copperheads Clement Vallandigham

  13. George McClellan vs. Abe Lincoln War drags on for the North, many people want to give up – A new Union President will pull the North out of the war. C. How did Sherman’s capture of Atlanta ensured Lincoln’s reelection? Presidential Election of 1864 George McClellan Abe Lincoln

  14. Division of Union Political Parties Presidential Election of 1864 showing popular vote by county

  15. Presidential Election Results:1864

  16. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address MARCH 4, 1865 “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” What was President Lincoln asking the nation to do? Heal and reunite as one country

  17. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

  18. 13th Amendment • Ratified (approved) in 1865 B. Officially abolishes all forms of slavery in the United States What document did not totally ban slavery in the U.S.? Did former slaves enjoy full freedom and equal treatment immediately?

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