Please head a clean sheet of lined paper.Please head a clean sheet of lined paper.

Time to get ready… for the LECTURE!

Time to get ready… for the LECTURE!

LECTURELECTURE

Prelude to the

Civil War

Prelude to the

Civil War

Here is an Academy Award winning (not) video courtesy of the internal revenue service…Here is an Academy Award winning (not) video courtesy of the internal revenue service…

After watching the video and relating to yesterday’s lecture… On your paper write a short answer to the following prompt:

1. Do you think tariffs were an important consideration as a cause of the civil war?

After watching the video and relating to yesterday’s lecture… On your paper write a short answer to the following prompt:

1. Do you think tariffs were an important consideration as a cause of the civil war?

Lincoln Quote: from his nomination acceptance speech for Senator in 1858Lincoln Quote: from his nomination acceptance speech for Senator in 1858

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.”

On your paper respond with a short answer:

2. What do you think is Lincoln’s main concern…and why? Is there a secondary concern?

Election of 1860Election of 1860

Election of Republican Candidate South dissatisfied with Stephen Douglas John C. Breckenridge upsets Electoral College Abraham Lincoln elected

3. Respond with a short answer: what do you think will happen next?

South Carolina secedes December 20, 1860

Election of Republican Candidate South dissatisfied with Stephen Douglas John C. Breckenridge upsets Electoral College Abraham Lincoln elected

3. Respond with a short answer: what do you think will happen next?

South Carolina secedes December 20, 1860

Confederacy formed, February 1861Confederacy formed, February 1861

South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Texas

South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Texas

Sovereign - Individual States

Recognized and Protected the Institution of Slavery

Forbids Protective Tariffs Forbids use of revenues

for internal improvements

Sovereign - Individual States

Recognized and Protected the Institution of Slavery

Forbids Protective Tariffs Forbids use of revenues

for internal improvements

“Lame Duck” James Buchanan“Lame Duck” James Buchanan

Takes no action: Nov 1860 - Mar 1861 Federal forts and arsenals confiscated U.S. customs houses and post offices taken The mint and gold reserves at New Orleans

taken without Federal response

Figured it was Lincoln’s problem…

Takes no action: Nov 1860 - Mar 1861 Federal forts and arsenals confiscated U.S. customs houses and post offices taken The mint and gold reserves at New Orleans

taken without Federal response

Figured it was Lincoln’s problem…

Lincoln quote: from his first Inaugural Address, March 1861.Lincoln quote: from his first Inaugural Address, March 1861.

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I have the solemn one to ‘preserve, protect, and defend’ it.”

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I have the solemn one to ‘preserve, protect, and defend’ it.”

4. What do you think Lincoln will do next?

Lincoln’s Inauguration, March 4, 1861Lincoln’s Inauguration, March 4, 1861

No intent to interfere with slavery No state could lawfully withdraw from the union Carry out laws in all states Hold U.S. Property Collect legally levied taxes

No intent to interfere with slavery No state could lawfully withdraw from the union Carry out laws in all states Hold U.S. Property Collect legally levied taxes

Fort Sumter - April 1861Fort Sumter - April 1861

Lincoln calls for volunteers Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas

secede and join the Confederacy Slave states Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and

Delaware stay with the Union West Virginia splits from Virginia and is

admitted to the Union as a state.

Lincoln calls for volunteers Virginia, N. Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas

secede and join the Confederacy Slave states Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and

Delaware stay with the Union West Virginia splits from Virginia and is

admitted to the Union as a state.

Lincoln quote: letter to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Times, 1862Lincoln quote: letter to Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Times, 1862

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is neither to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is neither to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.”

The last question…The last question…

Respond with a short answer:

5. What is Lincoln’s position on Slavery… How important do you think it was as a CAUSE of the Civil War?

Respond with a short answer:

5. What is Lincoln’s position on Slavery… How important do you think it was as a CAUSE of the Civil War?

…..QUESTIONS? …..QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!