UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR: CAUSES,

COURSE AND EFFECTS (1840 – 1877)

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE COTTON ECONOMY AND SLAVERY

WARM-UP: QUOTE ANALYSIS

• Respond to the following quote by Shelby Foote…• “Before the war, the collection of ‘United’ States were an

‘are’; after the war the USA became an ‘is’. And had the Confederates won, the USA would have become a ‘was’.” • For example…• The United States are deciding whether to trade with China. • The United States is deciding whether to trade with China

THE SUCCESS OF THE “GREAT EXPERIMENT”

Geographical Political• Republican – no monarch

• Federal – several states, while independent, combine for national purposes

• Democratic – ultimate power is vested in the people and their elected representatives

FISCAL: THE MARKET REVOLUTION

• If someone says it better, let them say it… Crash Course US History #12 • While watching, complete the fill-in notes!

AMERICAN FAILURE

• Does everyone benefit from the “great experiment”?• For a country based on the Declaration of Independence’s

assertion ‘that all men are created equal’, does the lack of equality mean that the “great experiment” is a failure?

SHOULD THE WAR BE CALLED A ‘CIVIL WAR’?

War waged by two separate regions

• Most Northerners on Union side• Most Southerners on

Confederate side

Implies two different groups fighting for control of a single government

• Confederacy seeking to exist independently

SHOULD THE WAR BE CALLED A ‘CIVIL WAR’?

“The War Between the States”?OR

“The War of the Rebellion” ? OR

“--------------------------------”?

NORTH VERSUS SOUTH

• Southerners came to believe that the South possessed a character quite distinct from that of the North… But is this the case?

• Language?

• Religion?

• Legal System?

• Political Culture?

• Heritage?

• Race?

SOUTHERN GUILT?

• After Lincoln’s election success in 1860 many Southerners determined to secede from the Union…• To what extent was the South to blame for the Civil War?

COMPARISON OF “PURPOSE”

• Based on the secondary and primary source reading…• What comparison can you draw between the situations for the

Southerners and the Japanese?

• How did they feel?

• Why did they feel this way?

• Was their response justified?

QUICKWRITE:HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE “GREAT EXPERIMENT”?

The Great Experiment

A people of plenty?

Population growth Urbanization

Western Expansion Industry

Agriculture Transport

A society of equals?

The American dream

Rags to riches Slavery

Women’s Status