The+Civil+War

Secession Act in South Carolina: A: government of South Carolina P: South Carolina on December 20, 1960 P: South Carolina wants to secede from the Union and was a slave state A: The Union and to whom it may concern R: declaring that they are seceding from the Union T: South Carolina is seceding from the Union S: South Carolina declared independance from the American Union

Secession Act in Florida A: government of Florida P: Florida on January 10, 1861 P: Florida was a slave state and did not agree with abolishing slavery A: the Union and to whom it may concern R: declaring Florida is seceding from the Union T: Florida is seceding from the Union S: Florida declared its independance from the American Union

Differences: South Carolina: seceded and rappealed most of the Constitution Mississippi: had 4 different sections on why the state was seceding Florida: Declared itself a soverign and independent nation, no longer under the Union Alabama: stated that it was seceding and United States laws no longer influenced it Gerogia: states that it is excersing the rights of sovereignty and is now an independent state Louisiana: Citizens are absolved of all Union laws and it is now an independent state Texas: Seceding on a vote of about 46,000 for and 14,000 against Virginia: no longer following the Constitution and is now an independent state Arkansas: Dissolving from the Union of the United States North Carolina: declaring independence and Constitutional amendments are absolved. Tennessee: 3 part declaration of independence Missouri: Compact between it and the United states has been violated and it is declaring independence Kentucky: pledges have been violated and is dissolving from the union

Reflection: The reason behind those acts does make sense to me. The states that seceded were dependent on slavery as the main source of making their economy. If slavery was abolished,the Southern states would suffer a great depression. something they could not risk. I honestly don't know if i signed on to these acts.

I think it symbol that The Union and the Confederacy were composed of of different sides, but of the same people
 * I See || It Means ||
 * * 2 men
 * holding cigars in eachother's mouthes
 * different uniforms
 * seem to be mimicking other but in the opposite direction || * they are soldiers
 * very close friends?
 * different sides of the war
 * showing it is the same people on opposite sides ||

Image of kid: looks very young, in complete uniform, why did they make uniforms that small? standing in a plain room with a tiled floor, looks 6? Image to right: kid in uniform, looks 12? Image below: looks like older version of first picture, same uniform, looks 9? Image under: soldier, looks 16 or 17

I do not accept the job to take back Massachusetts because the only way to do that would be violence and force and i couldn't do that to my family and friends Reflection: No there is not any way to not take a side because war is happening all around you, and if you dont take a side you might be branded as a traitor.

= Civil War Themes =

4) Fellow Americans or Traitors ... or both?

 * Northern Strategy || Southern Strategy ||
 * * On the offensive
 * Attacked using larger and overpowering armies
 * Better because constantly attacking would leave south tired and losing lots of soldiers || * On the Defensive
 * Attacked using smaller but better trained armies
 * Worse because cant stay on the defensive with smaller armies forever ||

Technology and War 1. The purpose was to inflict greater damage to the enemy. Whether it was the greatly increased accuracy and power of rifles rather than muskets or the destructive power of shrapnel shells over cannonballs 2. It changed the way battles were fought, many more people were killed as a result. 3. it revolutionized war in the US and the world
 * observer balloons
 * ironclads
 * shrapnel shells
 * rifles
 * flame throwers

In some instances, yes, but mostly not because it takes well trained soldiers to bring out the full potential of these new technologies.

Major Battles of the Civil War 1861-1863
 * Comments, Questions, Connections, Inferences predictions ||  Battle/Date  ||  Victor  ||  Significance ofBattle  ||
 * What would have happened in the Civil War if the Union won this battle? ||  1stBull Run  ||  Confederates  ||  First battle of the civil war  ||
 * Was Lincoln happy about this victory? Because all it did was plunge both sides further into war. ||  Shiloh  ||  Union  ||  Crushed hopes that the Civil War would end quickly  ||
 * I thought the Union was going to win this battle to make up for the loss at the First Battle of Bull Run ||  2ndBull Run  ||  Confederates  ||  Showed McClellan’s unwillingness to follow Lincoln’s orders and his indecisiveness to battle  ||
 * Why wouldn’t he attack Lee’s army? Was McClellan actually a traitor of something? ||  Antietam  ||  Neither side  ||  McClellan could have possibly destroyed the Confederate Army after the battle, but didn’t and was relieved of command again  ||
 * This battle must have made the Union look like fools because of such an embarrassing defeat. ||  Fredricksburg  ||  Confederates  ||  Due to Burnside’s terrible judgment, the Union was massacred at this battle  ||

1. The strategy for the Union in fighting in the war was to constantly invade the South, cut off their supplies, and overwhelm them with a larger army. The strategy for the Confederacy was to fight defensively with a smaller, but more well trained army with better attack strategies. I think the Union approach was much better because the South could not be on the defensive the whole time, which they later realized 2. Cons:
 * Advances in technology
 * More killing power
 * More killing power means much more deaths
 * More energy consumption

Gatling gun was responsible for most deaths on the battlefield than any other weapon 3. Confederates were wining in 1863 because of more experience, better strategy, lack of trained Union soldiers, and most of the war was fought on their terrain, fought defensively: an idea he took from George Washington

How to win the war: cut off enemy supplies so they will have to go on offense

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Questions on part 1. 1. The Confederates. They had a greater number of men. Yes. 2. Both sides were at a draw that day. 3. One flank was volnerable. The Confederacy was massacred. 4. The Confederacy was suffering extremely heave casualties.

Part 2A media type="custom" key="9710104" Main Idea: Edward Alexander was in the Union Army, but his people were in the Confederacy, so he joined the Confederacy. Main Idea Part 2C: Andrew Baker's description of the valient behavior exhibited in the chaos of battle in Gettysburg. Main Idea Part2A

EP(Emancipation Proclamation)- Abe Lincoln knew the South wouldnt free their slaves. He was hoping for this, becuase then the South said they would never do it, and unknowingly turned the war from a war for states rights, into a war about keeping slavery, making it so no other countries wouldnt fight for the South because it was now the only area where slavery was accepted.

2 Flaws: South could have just gave up their willingly, which would lead to the Confederacy winning the war, but there was still slavery in the North because of the border states so he had to put them under martial law.

Importance of Emancipation Proclamation: Abraham Lincoln put his reelection at risk by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation but in the long run it helped to turn the tide of war.