Week 22: Jan. 28-Feb.1, 2k19

Hey #Davis8!  Welcome to the last week in January!  We got ourselves a big test on the Civil War Friday!  Here are some Q's to think about...Hint Hint, wink wink...

1. Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
2. Why did the states secede from the Union?
3. Did Abraham Lincoln want to get rid of slavery once elected?
4. What were the four Border States?
5. Which Border State was most important and why was it so important?
6. Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?
7. What were the advantages and disadvantage of the Union entering the war?
8. What were the advantages and disadvantages of the Confederacy entering the war?
9. What battle was the turning point of the war?
10. How did the phrase "a new birth of freedom" in the Gettysburg Address change the reason for fighting the war?
11. What did the average soldier look like? height...weight...occupation before the war...backpack weight!
12. What is Total Warfare?
13. Who was Matthew Brady and what did he do during the war that was so profound?
14. What was the deadliest weapon of the war?
15. Approximately how many slaves were in the United States in 1860 when Lincoln was elected?
16. What was the Anaconda plan?
17. What was the plan for the Confederacy in order to win the war?
18. What was the greatest cause of death during the Civil War?
19. What was the bloodiest day in the war?
20. What was the bloodiest battle of the war?
21. Approximately how many people died during the war?
22. What were some of the major problems during the Civil War regarding the number of dead and wounded soldiers?
23. Who was John Wilkes Booth and what was his plan?

Day 1

In Class:  Turn in Presidential Projects - Fillmore and Pierce -- 1865: War is Hell -- Watching the PBS Video on the Civil War and William Tecumseh Sherman.  Video is embedded below

Answer the Q in class after reading the handout and watching the flick:  Why do you think William T. Sherman took such extreme measures against the South?

HW:  Study for that Civil War test!  Buchanan and Lincoln Presidential Projects due Friday 2/1

Day 2
In Class:  Sherman's March -- XIII Amendment -- Lincoln's second inauguration -- Lee surrenders to Grant -- Booth's assassination plan...

Video Podcast summarizing all this stuff on the board :)

HW:  Study for that Civil War test!  Buchanan and Lincoln Presidential Projects due Friday 2/1

Day 3
In Class:  Review Sherman's March -- XIII Amendment -- Lincoln's second inauguration -- Lee surrenders to Grant -- Booth's assassination plan...Any other review Q's?
HW:   Study for that Civil War test!  Buchanan and Lincoln Presidential Projects due Friday 2/1

Day 4
In Class:  Civil War Test! -- Buchanan and Lincoln presidential projects due!
HW: None...You're off the hook for a little while... Enjoy it.