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UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR: CAUSES,
COURSE AND EFFECTS (1840 – 1877)
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
THE COTTON ECONOMY AND SLAVERY
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WARM-UP: QUOTE ANALYSIS
• Respond to the following quote by Shelby Foote…• “Before the war, the collection of ‘United’ States were an
‘are’; after the war the USA became an ‘is’. And had the Confederates won, the USA would have become a ‘was’.” • For example…• The United States are deciding whether to trade with China. • The United States is deciding whether to trade with China
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THE SUCCESS OF THE “GREAT EXPERIMENT”
Geographical Political• Republican – no monarch
• Federal – several states, while independent, combine for national purposes
• Democratic – ultimate power is vested in the people and their elected representatives
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FISCAL: THE MARKET REVOLUTION
• If someone says it better, let them say it… Crash Course US History #12 • While watching, complete the fill-in notes!
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AMERICAN FAILURE
• Does everyone benefit from the “great experiment”?• For a country based on the Declaration of Independence’s
assertion ‘that all men are created equal’, does the lack of equality mean that the “great experiment” is a failure?
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SHOULD THE WAR BE CALLED A ‘CIVIL WAR’?
War waged by two separate regions
• Most Northerners on Union side• Most Southerners on
Confederate side
Implies two different groups fighting for control of a single government
• Confederacy seeking to exist independently
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SHOULD THE WAR BE CALLED A ‘CIVIL WAR’?
“The War Between the States”?OR
“The War of the Rebellion” ? OR
“--------------------------------”?
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NORTH VERSUS SOUTH
• Southerners came to believe that the South possessed a character quite distinct from that of the North… But is this the case?
• Language?
• Religion?
• Legal System?
• Political Culture?
• Heritage?
• Race?
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SOUTHERN GUILT?
• After Lincoln’s election success in 1860 many Southerners determined to secede from the Union…• To what extent was the South to blame for the Civil War?
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COMPARISON OF “PURPOSE”
• Based on the secondary and primary source reading…• What comparison can you draw between the situations for the
Southerners and the Japanese?
• How did they feel?
• Why did they feel this way?
• Was their response justified?
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QUICKWRITE:HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE “GREAT EXPERIMENT”?
The Great Experiment
A people of plenty?
Population growth Urbanization
Western Expansion Industry
Agriculture Transport
A society of equals?
The American dream
Rags to riches Slavery
Women’s Status