Grade 8 Social Studies Review DAY 9 Civil

Setting the Stage – The Civil War �Reason #1 – SLAVERY � Many attempts

Setting the Stage – The Civil War �Reason #2 – STATES’ RIGHTS Southern states

Setting the Stage – The Civil War SOUTH NORTH

The Leaders THE SOUTH THE NORTH The Presidents Jefferson Davis vs. Abraham Lincoln The

Significant Battles of The Civil War �FIRING ON FORT SUMTER South Carolina Goes Rogue,

Significant Battles of The Civil War �BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Deadliest battle of the Civil

Emancipation Proclamation � President Lincoln declared slaves free through Executive Order on January 1,

Surrender at Appomattox � Following a Union victory at the Battle of Appomattox, General

Lincoln is Assassinated � President Lincoln is assassinated by John W. Booth on April

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Grade 8 Social Studies Review DAY 9 Civil War READINESS STANDARDS – TEKS 8 B, 17 B, and 18 A Today’s Objectives: • Explain the causes of the Civil War • Explain the significant events of the Civil War • Explain constitutional issues arising over the Civil War © Hedgehog Learning

Setting the Stage – The Civil War �Reason #1 – SLAVERY � Many attempts to try to compromise this issue: Missouri Compromise – 1820 Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act – 1854 � Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision (1857)

Setting the Stage – The Civil War �Reason #2 – STATES’ RIGHTS Southern states believed they had the right to nullify federal laws and secede from the United States �Reason #3 – SECTIONALISM The North and South had grown apart in values, culture, political goals, and economic interests.

Setting the Stage – The Civil War SOUTH NORTH

The Leaders THE SOUTH THE NORTH The Presidents Jefferson Davis vs. Abraham Lincoln The Generals Robert E. Lee vs. Ulysses S. Grant

Significant Battles of The Civil War �FIRING ON FORT SUMTER South Carolina Goes Rogue, Part 2 Lincoln's victory in the Election of 1860 triggered South Carolina's secession South Carolina forces fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861 �BATTLE OF ANTIETAM September 17, 1862 Single bloodiest day of the Civil War Strategically a Union victory

Significant Battles of The Civil War �BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Deadliest battle of the Civil War July 1 -4, 1863 Union victory 8, 000 killed in three days �BATTLE OF VICKSBURG Occurred same time as Gettysburg Union victory and control of the Mississippi River

Emancipation Proclamation � President Lincoln declared slaves free through Executive Order on January 1, 1863. � The Proclamation applied in the ten states that were still in rebellion in 1863.

Surrender at Appomattox � Following a Union victory at the Battle of Appomattox, General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865 � Effectively ended the Civil War

Lincoln is Assassinated � President Lincoln is assassinated by John W. Booth on April 14, 1865