Just another Manic Monday!

• HomeworkHomework – – A) finish reading and highlighting pg. 10– B) Study for GFL Week 1 Terms – C) bring sharpies or fabric markers

tomorrow if you can

• Notebook UpdateNotebook Update - #10 Fort Sumter

• Do Now:Do Now: Clear everything off your desk except a pen or pencil and a highlighter

War Games• Index Card for each group

• 1 minute to list as many wars the US has been involved in

• Most points wins– Your table earns a point if you list a war that no

other group came up with

• What are we looking at?

• On the back try and determine the following:

– Who? (From ? To?)

- When? (Time Period)

– Where? (Place/Places)

– Why? (Why is this being sent?)

– What? (This telegram is..)

Telegram MysteryTelegram Mystery

• Let’s take a look at page #10! Make sure your highlighter is out.

• Read each paragraph and highlight key points as a group.

Telegram MysteryTelegram Mystery

EscalationEscalation

War

Tension

1) Are all wars the same, or are they fought for different reasons? Explain.

2) What things might have happened that would cause the country to split up and eventually go to war?

How did it get to this point?How did it get to this point?

• Civil War among bloodiest of all wars

• High death toll

• America could have become two nations

OverviewOverview

United States 1861United States 1861

• Historical, political, and economic differences

• North had more people, industry, and money

• South was primarily agricultural

North and SouthNorth and South

• Starts with Fort Sumter being fired upon

• Ends with General Lee surrendering to General Grant

1861 – 18651861 – 1865

Secession From the UnionSecession From the Union

• Seven states seceded shortly after Lincoln’s victory

• Four more states threatened

• The first shot of the American Civil War didn't hit anything. It was a 10-inch mortar shell that exploded above Fort Sumter as a signal for Confederate artillery to open fire on the Union-held fort.

First Shots at Fort SumterFirst Shots at Fort Sumter

• Fort Sumter - A Union A Union Fort located in S.C. Fort located in S.C.

• Supply ship prevented from reaching Fort Sumter February 1861

• Undelivered supplies returned to New York

• First shots fired on

April 12, 1861April 12, 1861

Fort SumterFort Sumter

• South launched 34 hour attackSouth launched 34 hour attack

• Major Anderson led North

• Brigadier General Beauregard led South

• Anderson’s student: Beauregard

• The attack by the South proved The attack by the South proved that they were willing to fight that they were willing to fight for what they believed infor what they believed in

Beauregard

Fort Sumter SurrenderedFort Sumter Surrendered

• No fatalitiesNo fatalities during siege

• Union surrendered fortUnion surrendered fort to Confederate personnel April 13

• Lincoln called out militia

• Prompted official secession of four more states

Anderson

Fort during the battle

A 42 pounder smoothbore cannon at Fort Sumter.

100 pounder Parrott rifles still on their original carriages at Fort

Sumter.

Ruins of Fort Sumter's Officer's Quarters and powder magazine

The Flag Flies Again

• On April 14, 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Robert Anderson came out of retirement

• He re-raised the same U.S. flag over Fort Sumter that he had lowered in surrender four years earlier.

• This flag is now on exhibit at the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center.

• Organized in Montgomery, Alabama

• Capital moved to Richmond, Virginia

• Davis elected first Confederate President

The Confederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America

Davis