Agenda for 12/9

1. Ken Burns "Civil War" clip

2. S.C. Declaration of Secession

• What do they claim the nature of the Union to be?
• What do the claim was done to them by the Northern states?
• What do they claim Lincoln will do as president?
• What do they claim to be once seceded?

3. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address

4. Identify States that secede on Map, Union States, Confed. states, Border States

5. Why are the Border Slave States (MO, KY, MD, later WV) so important?

6. Lincoln and the Border States?

7. North v. South – advantages/disadvantages

HW

•  Civil War Quiz

• 1. List/describe 4 major advantages of the North at the beginning of the war.
  
  2. List/describe 3 advantages held by the South at the beginning of the war.
  
  3. Explain how Lincoln’s handling of the Ft. Sumter situation was politically and strategically savvy.
  
  4. Provide at least two examples of ways in which Lincoln violated the constitution during the war
  
  5. What were the major reasons for necessity of keeping the border-states in the Union
  
  6. Assess the validity of the statement: The Emancipation Proclamation did not free any slaves in the United States.
  
  
• Articles:

o   Issue 14:

§  Explain the two external causes of Southern defeat.

§  What were the internal problems that  may have led to Southern defeat? (3 main theories)

§  In what way does Albert Castel reject both the external and internal theories?

o   Issue 15:

§  Read both the YES and NO articles

·       Which article do you agree with the most?

o   Provide at least three pieces of evidence to support your position (quotes with explanations)