Thursday, March 19th

Today we finished the Civil War battles power point and also talked about the battles at Shiloh and Vicksburg that were not included in the power point.

You should be able to answer questions like the following:

What two battles were fought in the North?
What battles were fought because the Union army was trying to capture Richmond?
What battles were fought for control of the Mississippi River?
What battle is considered the turning point of the war?
What battles were huge Confederate wins?

The second half of class we discussed the Emancipation Proclamation. You should reread the section about Emancipation on page 363 and then complete the handout #22. Some of the things to think about is that Lincoln decided to issue Emancipation to help the Union in the war effort. Emancipation increased the "cause" in which the Union was fighting and also allowed the Union to enlist black soldiers that could help fight and help win the war. Lincoln, however, was still nervous about the border states that stayed in the Union leaving for the CSA if he ended slavery in those states. Therefore the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the rebelling states and not in those Northern border states.