End of the Civil War

End of the Civil War Period 5: 1844-1877 Do Now: • What message is expressed by these potholders? Where do you think you could find such potholders being sold? ______

New York City Draft Riots: • July 1863: - Massive amount of human loss at the Battle of Gettysburg  ______ provoked riots in New York City for 4 days - The mob (mostly Irish immigrants) assaulted draft ______, ______of wealthy Republicans, industrial establishments, & the city’s ______- Over 100 people died as a result

Reading for Understanding: • Read, annotate & respond to the 3 questions based on the text. • Share and discuss your responses as a group!

Union Triumphs: • Lincoln appoints Grant to command all Union armies • Strategy of war by ______ wear down Confederate army & systematically destroy supply lines • Fighting foreshadowed trench warfare of WWI • “War between gentlemen”  “______” against civilians & soldiers

Sherman’s March to the Sea: • General William Tecumseh Sherman led 100,000 men on a ______• Tennessee  Georgia  ______(Columbia = cradle of secession) • Burned cotton fields, barns, homes  ______

End of the War: • Winter 1864-65: hunger spread through the south • April 3, 1865: Richmond fell to Union forces • April 9, 1865: ______Court House (Grant allowed Lee’s men to return home with their horses) • April 14, 1865: ______at Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C.

Economic Effects of War: • First ______issued during the war • Paper money known as “______” issued; NOT redeemable for gold • ______• Unified ______• ______during war  new class of millionaires to finance postwar industrialization (Carnegie, Vanderbilt) Social Effects of War: • Women: • Operated ______, served as military ______during war • Left their positions when men returned • Nursing field now open to women • Responsibilities during war  ______• Slaves: • ______freed 4 million people • ______

Wrap Up: • How did the battle at Gettysburg significantly change the tide of war?

• To what extend to you believe Sherman’s March to the Sea was responsible for the defeat of the Confederacy?