The Civil War: Part I - Secession, Border States, Advantages & Disadvantages, First Battles

This PowerPoint, with activities, and lesson plans are available @ https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mr-Raymond-Civics-And-Social-Studies-Academy This lesson teaches students about the outbreak of the Civil War, the advantages and disadvantages of the North & South, Abraham Lincoln’s early challenges and the first battles of the war. Content covered includes: • The legacy of the Civil War • Southern Secession – the states involved and order of secession • A brief look at Lincoln’s election • Lincoln’s first inaugural • The Battle of Fort Sumter • The call for enlistments – 90-day enlistments, war fever • The Border States - significance • Lincoln’s war powers acts – denial of habeas corpus, martial law • Not a war for slavery • Choosing sides: brothers vs. brothers, neighbors vs. neighbors, former allies • Northern Advantages: industrial / manufacturing, better transportation (railroads), established government, established government, established Navy, larger population • Northern Disadvantages: Fighting an offensive war, lacked a purpose (at first) • Southern Advantages: ideal soldiers, defensive war protecting homeland and Southern way of life, “Cotton is King,” leading military figures • Southern disadvantages: lack of manufacturing & transportation, smaller population • Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) – “Stonewall” Jackson • General George McClellan • Peninsula Campaign - Seven Days Battles • Anaconda Plan Like most of the videos on Mr. Raymond’s Social Studies Academy’s lessons, this video ends with a review “quiz.” Remember that the PowerPoint in this video as well as a variety of lesson plans, worksheets, smartboard files, and activities, are available at Teachers Pay Teachers. As a social studies teacher, I have often looked for good YouTube video clips to show my students. I hope these videos will serve as a supplement to lessons for civics teachers, US history teachers, US government teachers and their students. This series is also made for students taking the APUSH – A.P. U.S. History Exam, and State U.S. History E.O.C. exams, like Florida’s U.S. History E.O.C. All content in this video is for educational purposes only… ***For noncommercial, educational, and archival purposes under Law of Fair Use as provided in section 107 of the US copyright law. No copyrights infringements intended***

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