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Slavery andThe American Civil War
Starter:
Use the prompts and add
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Learning Objectives: To assess the role of
Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War inthe Civil Rights movement.
Success Criteria: To tell someone why
the war began, decide whether Lincolnwas an emancipator or an opportunist.
Key Question:How important were slavery & racism in
causing the Civil War?
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Events leading up to theCivil War
As the expansion westin search of new land
became more
extensive new stateswere created. Themajor question at thistime was whether or
not to allow slavery inthe new states.
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The North opposes slavery
Many Northerners were opposed to the extensionof slavery:
Abolitionists had turned many against it.
Some objected to the presence of non-whites innew states that they may wish to settle in.
Cheap slave labour may make it difficult to gainemployment.
Some feared more slave states would increase
political power of the South within the Union.
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The Missouri Compromise
In 1819, Missouri applied to join the Union.Northerners said no new state should beallowed in with slavery.
Southerners were furious.
They felt Northerners were claimingsuperiority and threatening to decrease
Southern influence in Congress.The answer was the Missouri Compromise:
Congress allowed the admission ofMissouri as a slave state but balancedthis with the admission of a non-slavestate Maine.
Tensions continued between North & Southregarding admission of new territories,leading to the Dred Scott case.
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Outbreak of Civil War
Extrmeism on both sides increased tension.
Republican Party opposed slavery.
Election of Republican President Abraham Lincolnseemed to threaten the existence of slavery.
1860-1 Southern staes formed a new nation: TheConfederate States of America.
Lincoln raised armies in the North to bring theSouth back to the Union.
The Civil War had begun.
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After 4 years of fighting theNorth won
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Was the Civil War the war toend slavery?
Lincoln on Slavery:the greatest wrong inflicted
on any people.However, Lincoln had been
willing to accept itscontinued existence in theSouth.
There must be the positionof superior & inferior
To a black audiencenot a single man of yourrace is made the equal of a
single man of oursIt is better for us to be
seperated
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Was the Civil War the war toend slavery?
Lincoln opposed the extension ofslavery in new states but waswilling to protect it in existingstates, especially those who
supported him such as Kentucky,Maryland, Missouri and Delaware
(these fought for the North).He told congress in 1861
We did not go to war to put downslavery
One abolitionist siad about Lincoln
He is a wet rag; halting,prevaricating(delaying),
irresolute(indecisive) and weak
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What is your opinion ofAbrahm Lincoln?
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The EmpancipationProclamation
Generations of black people felt grateful to Lincoln because of theE.P. However, many deemed it to be very cautious. TheProclamation said that
1. Slaves in the Confederate States were free2. Allowed slavery to continue in slave-owning Union States & any
other state occupied by Union armies
3. Or, that would return to the Union before Jan 1863In practice, the EP did not liberate a single slaveThe London Spectatorsaid the proclamations philosophy was
not that a being cannot justly own another, but that he cannotown him unless he is loyal to the United States
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
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Reasons for theEmancipation Proclamation
Many Republicans believed Slavery was immoral & made a mockeryof Declaration of Independence. Lincoln agreed.
Most Republicans blamed slave owners for the Civil War. If slaverywas not abolished, war would be for nothing.
Once the North was was committed to emancipation, the Southwould no longer receive any help from foreign countries like Britain.
Republicans preferred outright condemnation of slavery as it gavethem the moral high ground in the war.
Military necessity: Fleeing slaves from the South would head North.This would weaken the Confederates and strenthen the Union as thefreed black people could fight for the North.
Nearly 250,000 black men fought for the North in the Civil War. Theyentered the war just as the Norths Armies were becoming severely
depleted.
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Finally..
After Lincolns death in 1865,
the 13th Ammendment to theconstitution abolished slaverythroughout the United States.
For Lincoln, as well as mostNortherners, the Civil War was not
about racial equality but thepreservation of the Union.
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Task
In no more than 300 words, write an obituaryfor President Abraham Lincoln.
It is your decision how you see the President
based on the evidence from todays lesson.
You could begin your obituaryAbraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 April
15, 1865) the 16th President of the UnitedStates was assassinated yesterday evening.
He was ..
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Plenary5 3 - 1
Summarise todays topic in 5sentences.
Reduce to 3 phrases.
Now to 1 word.