Lecture 9:

Pre-Civil War and Civil War Eras

History 2010, United States History I

War between the States

Grant LeeLincoln

A. Characteristics: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Causes or Symptoms for the Civil War: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Civil War Era

C. Election of 1848 and Zachary Taylor: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Civil War Era

E. Election of 1852 and Franklin Pierce: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

F. Gadsden Purchase: __________________________________________________________________________________________

G. Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854): ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Civil War Era

A. Election of 1856: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Panic of 1857: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Dred Scott Decision: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. John Brown’s Raid: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

James Buchanan

A. Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Secession, Inauguration, and Fort Sumter: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

C. Fort Sumter and the Start of War: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Civil War

D. Confederate Advantages: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

E. Issues for Lincoln: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

F. First Battle of Bull Run ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

G. Trent Affair: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Civil War

H. Peninsular Campaign: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I. Second Battle of Bull Run: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

J. Battle of Antietam: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

K. Emancipation Proclamation: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Civil War

L. North after Antietam: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

M. Battle of Gettysburg: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

N. Battles of Vicksburg and Chattanooga: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

O. Final Military Strategy: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Civil War

P. 1864: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Q. Hampton Roads Conference: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

R. Appomattox Courthouse and the End of the Civil War: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Civil War