Assassination of President Lincoln Lincoln elected to his

Assassination of President Lincoln • Lincoln elected to his second term in 1864 • April 14, 1865, he is assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC • John Wilkes Booth • Believed he was saving the Confederacy

Assassination of President Lincoln • Most of America, even the South, was shocked • Northerners blamed Southerners and wanted the South punished • Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over • Tension between North & South extremely high

Unit 3: Civil War & Reconstruction 11. 7. 17

Entry Task • Please take out your copy of the Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address 1. Follow along while Jeff Daniels reads the Address as Lincoln. 2. Summarize each chunk in your own words.

Gettysburg, PA 1863

Gettysburg • July 4, 1863 • Nearly 23, 000 Union & 28, 000 Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing • 1/4 of all Union soldiers • 1/3 of all Confederate soldiers • Turning point • After Gettysburg, Lee was never able to mount another major offensive

Gettysburg Address • November 19, 1863 • Dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg

Gettysburg Address • Why give the speech? 1. To commemorate the bloodiest and most decisive battle of the war 2. Inaugurate the cemetery 3. Opportunity to express the importance of the war to the American people

Gettysburg Address • Why is it important? 1. Raised the principles of human equality found in the Declaration of Independence • “All men are created equal” 2. Connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of freedom” 3. Said the war was a test of the ideal of selfgovernment • So that “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. ”

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

Surrender at Appomattox • While Sherman (Union) marched toward the sea, Grant (Union) & Lee (Confederate) fought bitterly • Grant captures the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia on April 3, 1865 Grant Lee

Surrender at Appomattox • April 9: Surrender agreement made • Terms: • Officers could keep their weapons and horses • All troops could return home peacefully – no punishment for the rebellion

Assassination of President Lincoln • Lincoln elected to his second term in 1864 • April 14, 1865, he is assassinated at Ford’s Theater in Washington, DC • John Wilkes Booth • Believed he was saving the Confederacy

Assassination of President Lincoln • Most of America, even the South, was shocked • Northerners blamed Southerners and wanted the South punished • Vice President Andrew Johnson takes over • Tension between North & South extremely high