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Big Problems While They Secede

Big Problems While They Secede. President James Buchanan’s “Lame-Duck” Syndrome. No state had the constitutional right . Fed. Gov’t had no authority to stop a state. S.C. could not take Fort Sumter. Also on his mind:. North would not support it.

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Big Problems While They Secede

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  1. Big Problems While They Secede President James Buchanan’s “Lame-Duck” Syndrome No state had the constitutional right Fed. Gov’t had no authority to stop a state S.C. could not take Fort Sumter Also on his mind: North would not support it Small U.S. army was needed to control Indians in the West Still a chance of reconciliation Last Ditch Compromise Crittenden Compromise

  2. Secessionists Had Valid Reasons Republican Party Political balance North would not resist Lincoln Takes Office What was A.L.’s decision on what to do with Ft. Sumter? When did it all start?

  3. The Agony Of The Civil War Begins Presidents Jefferson Davis South: Abraham Lincoln North: Capitols South: Richmond, VA North: Washington D.C. Lincoln Looks For A Commander ….WHO? Volunteers Prepare To Fight

  4. The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

  5. The Confederate “White House”

  6. The Confederate Seal MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”

  7. A Northern View of Jeff Davis

  8. Border States Which ones were they??? What did they have to offer that made them so important??? What was Lincoln’s view of secession??? Maryland Presents A Problem Side Note: Where Do The Indians Stand In Oklahoma?

  9. North vs. South in 1861 • The Greatest For the Confederacy Would Be??? • The Greatest For The Union Would Be???

  10. Rating the North & the South

  11. Railroad Lines, 1860

  12. Resources: North & the South

  13. The Union & Confederacy in 1861

  14. Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

  15. Immigrantsas a %of a State’sPopulationin1860

  16. Why Did Britain Never Directly Aid The Confederacy? Britain Aids the Confederacy by bending the rules Alabama—a commerce raider Sank over 60 Union Merchant ships

  17. France Moved In During The War Emperor Napoleon III Austrian Archduke Maximillian

  18. Pres. Davis v. Pres. Lincoln Davis Highlights Defied rather than led public opinion Working against States’ Rights Tried to strategize, make and control all military decisions personally Lincoln Highlights Working with a established gov’t and experienced politicians Used humor to throw off his enemies remarks Used Extreme Powers As A War President

  19. Lincoln (on his own) assumed the powers given to Congress Started the Northern Blockade Increased the size of the Army Instructed the treasury to give $$$ to be used for war Suspended writ of habeas corpus Had “supervised” voting in Border States “Controlled” certain newspapers

  20. Effects Of The War Obtaining Income For the War Excise Taxes Income Tax Tariff increase Morrill Tariff Act Greenbacks Bonds New Banking System Economic Boom In The North Foreign shipping—suffered???

  21. New Opportunities For Women Work in Factories Traveled with husbands in the army Nursing Dorothea Dix Clara Barton

  22. First Battle Battle of Bull Run Manassas Big Generals Gen. Winfield Scott Gen. Irvin McDowell Gen. Joseph E. Johnston Gen. P.B.T. Beauregard

  23. Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas)July, 1861

  24. In the heat of battle • What famous Confederate Gen. held off the northern attack until reinforcements showed up???? • Gen. Scott is “fired” and replaced by whom? • General George McClellan

  25. McClellan: I Can Do It All!

  26. Lincoln’s Generals Winfield Scott Joseph Hooker Ulysses S. Grant Irwin McDowell George McClellan George Meade Ambrose Burnside George McClellan,Again!

  27. Peninsular Campaign June-July, 1861

  28. The Fighting Continues In The North Gen. McClellan will attack Richmond Peninsular Campaign Attacked Yorktown Battle of Seven Pines What Famous Southern General Takes Charge of the Confederate Army??? Seven Day’s Battles

  29. The Confederate Generals “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest George Pickett Jeb Stuart James Longstreet Robert E. Lee

  30. Anybody want to guess what happens to McClellan??? Who does Lincoln choose next?? • Result of the battle??

  31. North’s Strategy For The War • What was nickname of the Union’s strategy??? Naval Blockade Capture the Miss. R. Capture the Capital Set slaves free “Anaconda Plan” Divide the Confederacy into pieces

  32. Overviewofthe North’sCivil WarStrategy: “Anaconda”Plan

  33. The “Anaconda” Plan

  34. South Fails To Break The Union Naval Blockade What were the new type of ships called??? The South’s Ironclad was named??? The North’s Ironclad was called???

  35. The Battle of the Ironclads,March, 1862 The Monitor vs.the Merrimac

  36. Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) Lee decides to attack Gen. John Pope before he linked up with McClellan Who Wins??? THE BIG WHAT IF??? Anybody want to guess what happens to Gen. Pope?? Who does Lincoln choose next??

  37. Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” September 17, 1862 23,000 casualties

  38. War in the East: 1861-1862

  39. Lee Plans To Invade Maryland What is the name of the famous battle???? Battle of Sharpsburg Otherwise known as?? Burnside’s Bridge Bloody Lane Hagerstown Turnpike

  40. Bloodiest Single Day of Fighting Anybody want to guess what happens to Gen. McClellan??? Who does Lincoln choose next?? The 3 Effects of Antietam 1. Invasion of the North is over 2. France & England w/d not recognize the Confederacy 3. Lincoln c/d issue the Emancipation Proclamation Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside

  41. TheEmancipationProclamation

  42. Emancipation Proclamation Why did Lincoln word it to way he did???? Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared "all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Lincoln’s Quote About Slaves: “If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves. I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that” The proclamation also authorized the recruitment of African Americans as Union soldiers. By the end of the Civil War, approximately 180,000 African Americans had served in the Union army and 18,000 in the navy.

  43. Emancipation in 1863

  44. Results of the Emancipation Proclamation In The North Opposition Grew—not fighting an “abolition war” Increased Union desertions Heavy Congressional defeats for Lincoln European working class support the Union cause

  45. African-American Recruiting Poster

  46. Black Americans Aid The Northern Cause 54th Massachusetts Volunteers Ft. Wagner in South Carolina Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

  47. The Famous 54th Massachusetts

  48. August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

  49. African-Americansin Civil War Battles

  50. Black Troops Freeing Slaves

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