A One Day activity about the Civil War. It is a travesty to pare down the Civil War to this, but I don't write the curriculum, I only teach it.

1. In One Day

2. Political
Party Candidate
Popular
Vote
% Popular
Vote
Electoral
Vote
%
Electoral
Vote
Republican
Abraham
Lincoln
1,865,593 39.8 180 59.4
Northern
Democrat
Stephen
Douglas
1,382,713 29.5 12 4.0
Southern
Democrat
John C.
Breckinridge
848,356 18.1 72 23.8
Constitutiona
l Union
John Bell 592,906 12.6 39 12.9
Above is the results of the Election of 1860
1. Create a pie chart that shows the results of the
Electoral Vote.
2. Create a pie chart that shows the result of the
Popular Vote.

4. November 6, 1860
•Lincoln is elected President
December 20, 1860
•South Carolina secedes from the Union
February 4, 1861
•The Confederate States of America is formed
February 9, 1861
•Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederacy
March 4, 1861
•Lincoln is inaugurated the 16th President of the USA
April 12, 1861
•First shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter, SC

5. Outline the North and the South on your map.

6. North
 Also called the
Union
 United States of
America
 USA
Border States
 Slave states that
stuck with the
North
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, California, Maryland, West
Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri

7. South
 Also called the
Confederacy
 Confederate
States of America
 CSA
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Florida

8.  April 12, 1861
 First shots of the Civil War
 South fired on the US fort in
Charleston Harbor
 Confederacy win
 The South looks like the
aggressor
 In the north many people enlist
in the army
Video: Sound Smart - Fort
Sumter
https://youtu.be/c3IwgtrMKKM
Fort Sumter

9. Video: Sound Smart - Fort Sumter
https://youtu.be/c3IwgtrMKKM

10. What impact did the
South’s attack on Fort
Sumter have in the
North?

11. Northern Strategy
1. blockade Southern ports to
prevent cotton going out
and imports of
manufactured goods
coming in
2. move riverboats and
armies up and down the
Mississippi to split the
Confederacy
3. capture the Confederate
capital of Richmond,
Virginia

12. Video: VII Anaconda https://youtu.be/nANJYQ9pd_Y

13. Video: In 4 Minutes – Winfield Scott https://youtu.be/oH4fePHP-
B4

14. What was the goal of
the Anaconda Plan?

15.  July 1-3, 1863
 General Lee decide to invade
the North
 Both sides amass huge
numbers of soldiers
 This is a turning point in the
war
 The Union victory cost the
South 1/3 of Lee’s entire force
 The South would not invade
the north again
Gettysburg
Washington, DC

16. Video: Thought Monkey – The Battle of Gettysburg
https://youtu.be/Rrk9e85LP8s

17. Why is this a turning
point in the war?

18.  November 1864 – April 1865
 Sherman used “Total War”
tactics targeting anything or
anyone that could help the
South
 Sherman raided Georgia
burning rail lines, fields,
animals as he marched north
to help Grant with Lee
 as he marched North he
continued burning
land/houses until he reached
North Carolina
Video: Sherman’s March to the
Sea
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Savannah
Columbia
Raleigh

19. Video: The Civil War in Color – Sherman’s March to Savannah
https://youtu.be/5c-aOnzB92I

20. How did Sherman’s
March help Lincoln
win the Election of
1864?
How did Sherman’s
March crush the
South’s hopes of
winning the war?

21.  April 9, 1865
 Exhausted and out of food and
supplies, Lee surrendered to
Grant
 Within 2 months, the
remaining Confederate
resistance ends
Video: Appomattox
Appomattox
Richmond

22. Video: CBS Evening News – Lee’s Surrender at Appomattox
https://youtu.be/N7w_vVT8hYQ

23. Imagine, you are the
President of the
United States. Now
that the Civil War is
over, what would you
do with the Southern
states now that they
have to come back
into the United
States?