Civil+War

Summary: I think that this picture just comes to show that family and friends were torn apart when picking sides in the war. Both of these brothers are on different sides, one is fighting for the Union, and the other is fighting for the Confederacy. It must have been horrible to fight in a war where you're fighting against your brother or your any other one of your siblings.
 * = I see ||= It means ||
 * = * two men
 * cigars
 * they look like soldiers
 * the men are smoking out of each other's cigars
 * they look focused and like they're contemplating something
 * They are in the same stance/position
 * they are wearing different jackets/uniforms ||= * It means that these two men are on different sides of the war
 * This picture is symbolizing the Union and the Confederacy. It's showing that the Union and the Confederacy are close and need one another
 * They are twins
 * They're wearing different uniforms which means that they're on different sides of the war. One brother is fighting for the Union while the other brother is fighting for the Confederacy.
 * They both fought in Antietam ||


 * //Task//**
 * //Pretend that Massachusetts has seceded for reasons which you disagree (the right of states to determine whether or not to allow slavery). You are asked by the President to uphold the Constitution by commanding the US Army which will re-take Massachusetts by force. Do you accept this job from the President or do you resign and return to Massachusetts to defend it against the US Army? Why?//**

If Massachusetts seceded for reasons that I disagree with, and the President asked me command the US army then I would return to Massachusetts to defend it against the US Army. I would do this because I wouldn't want to be viewed as a traitor and I wouldn't want to betray my family and friends or even kill them. I'd want to protect them and do as much as I possibly could to make sure that they weren't harmed in any way possible.
 * //Reflection: Is there anyway to avoid taking a side if you live in the United States during the Civil War? Explain your reasoning.//**

They're not fighting for slavery anymore, they're fighting for their lives.

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6/6/11

Civil War Themes:

‍4) Fellow Americans or Traitors ... or both?
APPARTS CHART:
 * Similarities: || Differences: ||
 * * States are withdrawing from the Union and severing ties with the Union
 * States are becoming independent nations/countries
 * They're saying that the Constitution is not fully protecting them and that they want to cut all ties with the constitution
 * Most Secession Acts use the word "We" just like in the Constitution || * Many states called their Acts of Secession an ordinance while others just started off with: "We the people."
 * Tennessee called their act of secession " Declaration of Independence and Ordinance."
 * Missouri and Kentucky chose different approaches and spoke about the Government of the United states at the beginning of their act. ||
 * AUTHOR: || The author one of these secession acts was the state of Georgia and the other was the state of Alabama. ||
 * PLACE: || The place that these secession acts were written was at both the Kentucky and Georgia Senates. ||
 * PRIOR KNOWLEDGE: || Before I read these secession acts, I knew that many southern states weren't happy with the Union or the way the US was treating them. I also knew that they were breaking off from the Union and the United States and forming the Confederacy where they were their own nation and where they would follow ||
 * AUDIENCE: || The audience was the United States government and citizens in the United States, as well. ||
 * REASON: || The reason for these secession acts was to state that Georgia and Kentucky were seceding and becoming independent states. ||
 * THE MAIN IDEA: || The main idea of these secession acts was to state Kentrucky and Georgia's independence from the United States of America. Also, these acts showed that they seceded from the United States of America and have become independent nations and are no longer following the Constitution. ||
 * SIGNIFICANCE: || The significane of these two secession acts was that they severed ties between the United States and Kentucky and Georgia. They officially stated that Kentucky and georgia were independent states and were no longer a part of the United States, but were now a part of the Confederacy. ||

I think that the reasoning behind each of these Acts did make sense to me. People who wrote these secession acts wrote them because they didn't like the way the government worked and they also didn't like the situation of slavery that was going on in the United States at the time. I would sign on to these Secession Acts if i lived in the state because it's my home state and I would be loyal to my state and the reasons are pretty reasonable for the people that were living back then. I would also feel as though I didn't have the rights that the Constitution presented to me, and I'd probably either disagree or agree or just have different views on slavery or the current president at that time, so signing the Secession Acts would be likely for me because all of the reasons that the seceded states stated in their acts make sense and are backed up, too.
 * __Reflection:__**
 * Does the reasoning behind each of these Acts make sense to you? Why or why not? Would you sign on to these Secession Acts if you lived in the state it represents?**


 * //__Civil War Timeline: 1861__//**

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 * //(Go to the link and the Prezi will be there. All you have to do is press the play button).//**

__//**Strategies for WAR**//__: I think that the Southern strategy is probably more effective. I think this because the north's strategy was to just go into enemy territory and attack as many people and as many areas as they could find. There are many problems with this strategy because many people could die, which they did, and going into something as blindly as that has major consequences. The South's strategy was to wear the north out which seems like a great idea because soon enough the war will be too costly for the north and eventually they'd have to give up. This would result in the South's victory in the Civil War.
 * Northern Strategies || Southern Strategies ||
 * The North had many different strategies during the Civil war. One of their strategies was the Anaconda Plan. These plans relied on the fact that there were people in the south who still wanted to be in the Union but were too afraid to step up. Another strategy was to just penetrate the Confederacy and completely demolish them in order to get the states back into the Union. || The South had many different strategies during the war, as well. Their main goal was to protect their nation from conquest. Their strategy was to win the war, by not losing. Basically, they wanted to wear the north down and stretch the battle out so that the north was eventually give up and they’d win. ||

__//**Technology and War:**//__


 * **//__Minie Ball:__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** The purpose of a minie ball was to use them as bullets in order to kill or even injure enemies/traitors.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** Minie balls changed the way war was fought because they were easier to load into guns and they penetrated bodies more effectively, causing greater damage.
 * //3) Importance://** Minie balls were important because they were used by both sides fighting in this war and made the act of killing others more easier and effective. Also, it took less time to load guns unlike how long it took to load rifles with gunpowder.
 * **//__Gatling Gun__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** The purpose of the Gatling gun was to fire more bullets per second, because it was a very early machine gun.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way war was fought because more bullets were fired at once which resulted in more deaths and a more effective way of killing others.
 * //3) Importance://** The Gatling gun was important because it shows just how far people were advancing in technology and it provided a quicker and easier way to kill people.
 * **//__Hunley (submarine)__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** The purpose of the Hunley submarine was to sink enemy vessels.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way war was fought because it provided a new way to kill enemy vessels rather than using ships to fight them.
 * //3) Importance://** It was important because even though submarines weren't used too often, it provided a new way to take down enemy vessels without having to send out a large crew on a ship to do that.
 * **//__Union Balloons__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** The purpose of Union balloons was to allow observers to watch battles. Also, it allowed the use of camouflage to disguise guns and tens from airborne observers. Also, Union balloons were used to direct artillery fire.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way war was fought because more and more people were able to watch the battles and you could use Union balloons to surprise enemies.
 * //3) Importance://** The importance was that more and more people could watch battles and also that the Union had an upper hand because they were able to control direct fire and participate in surprise attacks.


 * **//__ironclads:__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** The purpose of ironcalds were to protect ships from being destroyed by building them with metal.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way the war was fought because less ships were destroyed and were able to last longer in battles on the sea.
 * //3) Importance://** They were important because it changed the way people made ships and more and more people built ironclad ships in order for the ships to last longer in battles.


 * **//__Cavalry:__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** Calvary were soldiers on horseback who fought most of the war on horseback.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way the war was fought because riding on horseback could provide a quick escape and could help the approaching of the enemy by making it much more quicker than if it was on foot.
 * //3) Importance://** Calvary were important because they could send messages to other armies, or even have quick escapes from a battle.


 * **//__infantry:__//**
 * //1) Purpose://** Infantry were foot soldiers who fought the war on foot.
 * //2) Changed the way war was fought://** It changed the way the war was fought because many of these foot soldiers were able to charge at their enemies, although many of them died too.
 * //3) Importance://** Infantries are important because both armies had foot soldiers who would take part in most of the fighting.


 * //Can new, better technology take the place of experienced quality soldiers? Why or why not?//**

I don't think that better technology can take the place of experienced quality soldiers because soldiers know their way around areas and are more experienced than technology will ever be. Soldiers know how to use weapons and artillery. Soldiers know how their enemies think and what their goal is. Soldiers are able to locate and fight their enemies. Technology wouldn't be able to do this because they're not fit for the job and only experienced soldiers would be able to preform this job correctly and effectively. Besides, technology can be ruined very easily, although it takes a lot for a soldier to go down or give up.

__//**Chart of all of the major battles of the early part of the Civil War:**//__



6/7/11

Do now:

1) The strategy for the Union in fighting the war was to just go right into the war and try and do as muIt ch damage to the Confedarcy as they possibly could so that they could make the confederacy surrender because they wanted to war to end quickly. Also, the Union created the Anaconda Plan and created a blockade that surrounded the Confederate states. The Confederacy's strategy was to drag the war out as long as they could in order to wear out the Union and so that they would end up winning. They wanted to make the war as costly for the Union as they possibly could so the Union would surrender. I think that the Union's strategy was more effective because they ended up winning the war in the end.

2)
 * Supporting || Opposing ||
 * * Certain sides could the upper hand because they had advanced technology to do work for them
 * More effective ways of harming others
 * Technology could lead to one side defeating the other because if they have more of it then they could have an advantage
 * More and more people would want certain devices which could mean more job openings during the war || * It was difficult making all of that new technology because they needed workers and factories to make it all
 * Technology could always backfire, so it's not too trustworthy
 * People might have thought of using technology to replace soldiers which wouldn't have been smart because soldiers are more experienced than technology ||

3) The Confederates were winning the Civil War by 1863 because they had Robert E. Lee as their General. Also, less people in the Confederate army died which means that more people in the Union army died. This gave them the upper hand because more people were in the Confederate army and were able to fight the Union because the Union was losing badly and were not doing as well as the Confederate army was. Also, the two advantages of the Conderate army was because all they wanted to do was defend their territory and sruvive and they also were fighting on their own land. Also, they had more competent officers because they had better strategies and were more experienced.

So many people died in the Civil War because of all of the advances in technology. Also, the formation of the sodliers in the battle field led to more deaths because technology such as the Gatling gun could penetrate through lines and lines of soldiers. The gatling gun was a machine gun that could fire 200 bullets a minute.

6/8/11

Do now:

The Confederacy's strategy for fighting the Civil War changed in 1863 because they were running out of supplies and needed to change their strategy in order to defend their army. Also, they needed to try whatever they could in order to survive.

__//**The Battle of Gettysburg:**//__


 * Determining the Facts **
 * Reading 1: Three Days of Carnage at Gettysburg **
 * (Mark up) **

**1.** Which army had the advantage after the first day of fighting? What were some reasons for their success? Could they have been even more successful?

The Confederate army had the advantage after the first day of fighting. They had the advantage because they overpowered the Union and had more people in their army. They could have been even more successful if they had chased after the Union after they retreated, although they failed to do so. If they had, they probably could have won the battle and just defeated the Union Army.

**2.** What was the situation by the evening of July 2?

By the evening of July 2, Ewell's men seized part of Culp's hill and both armies had about the same number of soldiers and the day's results were indecisive for both armies, so there wasn't a specific winner of the battle yet.

**3.** What evidence from the previous day's fighting brought General Lee to decide on the strategy for Pickett's Charge on July 3? What was the result of that assault ?

Since the Confederacy attacked the ends of the Union army the day before, he decided that they needed to assail the Union army. Also, since the Union lines wouldn't break, he decided upon Pickett's charge. Pickett's charge resulted in many deaths on the Confederacy's side and they could no longer continue in the battle and retreated.

**4.** Why did General Lee decide to withdraw from Gettysburg?

General Lee decided to withdraw from Gettysburg because they lost many lives in Pickett's Charge and just in all. Since they lost so many lives, he realized that they couldn't go on so they retreated.

//__**PART A MARK-UP:**__// MAIN IDEA: This article was about Elisha Hunt Rhode's experience during the Battle of Gettysburg. It describes how he and his fellow soldiers suffered throughout the battle and throughout the journey they made there. This article just comes to show what the participants in the war went through and how much they suffered.

//__**PART B MARK-UP:**__// MAIN IDEA: This article was about how Alexander, an officer in the U.S. army, had to choose between the Union and the Confederacy. He ended up fighting for the Confederacy, despite the Union's pleas for him to stay. He wanted to fight for his people in Georgia, since it seceded, and he felt as though if he didn't help protect his people in Georgia people would view him as a coward, as would he.

//__**PART C MARK-UP:**__// MAIN IDEA: This article was written by Andrew Baker, a participant in the war. It was about how Captain Magruder changed sides from being on the Union's side to being on the Confederacy's side. Also, it describes Captain Magruder's last moments alive and how he encouraged the Confederate army to fight and fight until they no longer could. After his speech, he rushed onto the battlefield and ended up dying at the hands of the Union during the Battle at Gettysburg.

//** Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg **//


 * // 1. //****// What part did Elisha Hunt Rhodes play at Gettysburg? //**

Elisha Hunt Rhodes was the command of his regiment in the Civil War, and he took part in the Battle of Gettysburg. He survived the war and kept a journal throughout the whole war.


 * // 2. //****// How was he able to justify the suffering endured by the Union troops? //**

He justified the suffering endured by the Union troops by saying that they were fighting for the Union and that they had to get rid of the rebellion and do everything in their power to squash it. Also, he justified it by describing all of the pain that the soldiers were suffering. Although, since they won the Battle of Gettysburg, all of their suffering turned into joy.


 * // 3 //****// . //****// How did he respond to the Union victory? //**

He was content to hear that the Union had won, although everyone was still suffering and everyone was in pain or injured. So, they slowly moved their way past dead bodies and weapons because they were in pursuit of Lee’s army.


 * // Part B: The Call to Duty //**


 * // 1. //****// How did Edward Porter Alexander feel about Georgia's secession? //**

He felt as though he had to resign from the U.S. Army and go back to Georgia in order to protect his people and his state. He felt that if he didn’t do this people would think of him as a coward.


 * // 2. //****// What option did the U.S. Army provide Alexander to avoid becoming involved in the conflict? //**

The U.S. Army told Alexander that he didn’t have to be that involved in the war and that he wouldn’t have to go against his people either. He said that Alexander could just stay on that particular coast for fortification duty.


 * // 3. //****// How did he justify his choice? //**

Alexander justified his choice by saying that he was going to go fight for his liberty with the people of Georgia and that if he didn’t go people would think of him as a coward, and he would feel like one too.


 * // Part C: Changes in Loyalty //**


 * // 1. //****// Consider Andrew Baker's vivid descriptions of the valiant behavior exhibited in the chaos of battle. Describe the actions of Captain W. T. Magruder. Speculate on his motivations for fighting in both armies before his death at Gettysburg. //**

Captain Magruder was an extremely brave and courageous man. He encouraged people to go out there and fight for their families, friends, and for themselves. He encouraged people to fight for their liberty, and unfortunately as he was going to head out onto the battlefield, he was shot. I think he fought for both sides because he graduated from West Point as U.S. army official, and he probably changed sides because his home state had seceded and he realized that he needed to go help his people fight for their liberty and their independence.


 * // 2. //****// Why did Captain John Moore not give the order to charge? How might you have felt in his place //** ?

Captain John Moore didn’t give the order to charge because he was overwhelmed by what was going on, and because the other side was firing so if they had charged, they would have all just gotten shot and would have all just died.


 * // All Parts //**


 * // 1. //****// How does reading these personal accounts compare with reading summaries of Civil War battles in textbooks? Do they make you more aware of the personal suffering of the participants? //**

Reading these personal accounts have made me see how dangerous and how terrible this war really was. So many people died and so many people were injured and suffered. I think that reading personal accounts is better than reading summaries of the battles in textbooks because personal accounts are more descriptive and in some cases, more accurate. They really do make me more aware of the personal suffering of the participants in the war because they’re so descriptive and really effective.


 * // 2. //****// What are some disadvantages of relying on personal accounts of historical events? //**

Some disadvantages of relying on personal accounts of historical events is that they’re not always accurate. Also, they could be bias depending on who the author is. Personal accounts aren’t always trustworthy because the author could just lie about the whole thing, yet you wouldn’t know if they were because you weren’t there to experience what they did.


 * Reading 3: The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 : **




 * 1. ** **// How long after the battle did Lincoln give his address? //**

Lincoln gave his address about four to five months after the battle of Gettysburg.


 * 2. ** **// What did he say about the men who were buried in the cemetery? //**

He said that the men buried in the cemetery were brave and noble men who struggled in order to commit a noble deed for the Union. Also, he said that the men here need to be honored for all of their sacrifices and work.


 * 3. ** **// How did he give meaning to their sacrifice? //**

He gave meaning to their sacrifice by saying that they had not died in vain and that their work was unfinished and in order to honor their deaths, everyone needed to finish up the work that they had started by helping the Union win the Civil War.


 * 4. ** **// What was it that Lincoln wanted the people of the United States to do for the dead soldiers? //**

Lincoln wanted the people of the United States to finish the work that the dead soldiers started. He said that the soldiers had not died in vain, and in order to make sure that they hadn’t, people needed to do everything in their power to help the United States win the Civil War.

//__**HW:**__//

//__**Create a front cover for an historical novel on the Battle of Gettysburg - use color and creativity to convey the mood of the battle. This can be done either online or on paper, but it should be done on plain (unlined) paper and should incorporate either artistic black and white or colors. In addition there should be some images which depict some aspect of what you have learned about the Battle of Gettysburg and its importance to the Civil War.**__//

//__**Your book cover should also include an inventive title which would grab the reader's attention while still conveying the historical aspects of the Battle.**__//

COVER:



6/9/11

Do now:

The Emancipation Proclamation was a strategic move on the part of Abraham Lincoln and not necerssarily a moral move because he felt compassion for the slaves. This was because the Emancipation Proclamation just freed certain slaves that were in states that were against the Union so that they could fight in the army. He did this because he needed more participants in the army because many of his own people were dying and he needed more people to fight in the army. It wasn't a moral move because he didn't actually care for the slaves that much, he was just using them so that they could fight in the army and so that the Union army could have more people so that they could win the Civil War and defeat the Confederates.Also, it was so Britain wouldn't join the South because Britain opposed slavery and didn't want to fight along with the South because the South didn't want to get rid of slavery.

Slaves were freed in rebelling states. Not all of the states were freed because the boroder states didn't rebel but they had slaves. Border states: MO, DE, KY, MD. __//** The Emancipation Proclamation made the war about Slavery. **//__ Britain didn't join the Confederacy because they didn't support slavery and didn't want to support the Confederacy because they did support slavery. The North was fighting AGAINST slavery and the South was fighting FOR slavery.

Flaw in Emancipation Proclamation: Since the border states didn't rebel, that means that they're still part of the north, and since the border states had slaves the emancipation proclamation stated that they had to get rid of slaves, yet the north still allowed slavery and was fighting to get rid of slavery in the south.

1) Declared martial law on all four border states (the states didn't have their rights anymore) 2)Lift martial law once the border states got rid of slavery.