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• Chronicle the major events that happened for the USA and CSA in 1864
• Analyze Sherman’s military tactics to defeat the CSA in the South
• Evaluate the effects of the Civil War on the North and South
Test Tips!!
1. 1864 Military and Political Drama– Winning the War in
the East with Grant and Sherman
– Lincoln and the Election of 1864
2. Reconstruction Plans
3. Civil War ends & Lincoln’s assassination
4. Aftermath of the War
• Is Lincoln confident?– Thinks the Reps
may not even nominate him!!
– Worries about another political entity winning too…• Copperheads!
• What can help Lincoln win?– Show signs of
Civil War victory!!!
No!
• Grant will be AL’s guy to the end even though he has “issues”
• Grant’s Strategy– Ruthless and
aggressive– Invade and confront
weakened CSA– Should the USA worry
about high casualties?• Why will it work?
No!
• Also has “issues”• Sherman’s Strategy
– Make this an Economic and Social war…• Burn crops, siege
towns, destroy RR• Burn cities to ground• Show mercy?
– A grand plan to crush the South…
No!
What does the US army constantlydo while on their march to the sea?
“Sherman Neckties”
What is the point of doing all of this?
Not good!
• What big event helps Lincoln win the Election in 1864?– Atlanta
burned to the ground!
– “Gone with the Wind”
I’m just getting
warmed up!
• What do you notice?• Who was the alternative?
– General George McClellan!!
• Who was watching and waiting?–CSA & Lee…?
• Hold on a little bit longer for McClellan to win and you won’t have to surrender!!
A worriedLincoln makesa minordecision thatinadvertentlychanges USHistory forever
• Hannibal Hamlin replaced by Andrew Johnson on Republican Ticket…why will this be a big deal?
I am a Southern Democrat & former
slave owner…
I am a Radical
Republican
& when AL dies, I am the
Prez who will rebuild the USA!
• Sherman marches to the coast and burns Georgia
• Begins Carolina Campaign next to punish SC (worse than GA)
2. By 1864, the USA is bridging 2 eras
• There are about 9 historical comments you can make from this clip (55:25 to 58:50)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VqFiU3fSU• Thoughts and Opinions on the speech?
• Lee has only 35K left• Grant chases down Lee in Appomattox, VA• Lee surrenders in courthouse on April 9, 1865
– (Lee’s men offered a plan)• Last surrender is in June 1865…
• Lincoln shot• Booth “captured” in a
barn after• Lincoln dies next day
• John Wilkes Booth = George Clooney of 1865
• Has conspiracy group to wipe out the heads of the gov…
• Lincoln never cared about his mortality
• Booth almost killed/captured Lincoln earlier
• Was he caught??
• Casualties– North = 665,000
• 390,000 killed
– South = 483,000• 289,000 killed
• Destruction– South is in cinders from Grant and Sherman
• What else am I missing? Think ESP
• You are the President of the United States during the conclusion of the Civil War and the beginning of the Reconstruction of the United States. What would you do with the following…– Leaders of the
Secession– States that Seceded– Freedmen– Wealthy Southern
Landowners
