Presentation Civil War

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 6

The Civil War

1861-1865

Tekst

this lesson:

• look at the objectifs
• starter exercise
  
• information Civil War
• reflect on objectifs
• exercise: who/what am I?
• handout

objectifs

at the end of the lessen you have learned...

•  what the Civil War is and the motifs behind the Civil War
  
• who was fighting in the Civil War and the things these parties believed in
  
•  the most important events of the Civil War
• difficult words in a new context
  

starter exercise: difficult words and what do you know already

- choose the right meaning for the next couple of words

- after that there will be some questions about the war

Abolition

1. The act of ending an activity
2. The act of hating something
3. The act of beginning a new activity
4. The act of adoring something

Amendment

1. An unwritten law
2. An oath taken by presidents of the US
3. An article added to the US Constitution
4. A pledge you take before you join the army

Congressional

1. Following the law
2. Being progressive
3. Belonging to a movement against the laws
4. Belonging to a national body (especially US)

what two parties were fighting against each other in the Civil War?

1. the poor against the rich citizens
2. the Union against the Confederacy
3. the 'Americans' against the Native Americans
4. the citizens against the Founding Fathers

what was the main motif that caused the Civil War?

1. the government taking away rights and power
2. the election of a new president
3. lack of welfare
4. different opinions on slavery

The Civil War: 1861-1865

why a war?

• slavery
• abolitionists
• territorial crisis
• state rights
• election Lincoln

before the war

• Abraham Lincoln
• Carolina seceded
• the Confederate States of America

the parties

- Abraham Lincoln

- Generals Sherman

- Jefferson Davis

- Robert E. Lee

The Union

The Confederacy

Andrew Johnson

the war begins!

Fort Sumter

• lack of supplies
• Confederacy started
• the Anaconda plan

emancipation proclamation

• battle of Antietam
• first war Northern soil
• 22.000 deaths
• 50.000 slaves set free

the battle of Gettysburg

the ending of the war

• destroy the economy
• the Union capturing Savannah
• Robert E. Lee surrendered
• the end Confederate government 

general Sherman

what did the war do for the US?

• Lincoln killed
• Andrew Johnson
• 13th amendment

questions?

you have learned:

•  what the Civil War is and the motifs behind the Civil War
  
• who was fighting in the Civil War and the things these parties believed in
  
•  the most important events of the Civil War
  

 difficult words in a new context

exercise: who/what am I?

example:

Danyscha --> Abraham Lincoln

Ayda --> I was the president of the Union during the war 

The End