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Be sure that your titles or captions include 8 of the 16 key terms listed on the left!

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Civil War Comic Strips #

1 Compromise of 1850 2 Dred Scott v. Sanford 3 Fort Sumter 4 Battle of Bull Run 5 Robert E. Lee 6 Abraham Lincoln 7 Battle of Antietam 8 Ulysses S. Grant 9 Siege of Vicksburg 10 Emancipation Proclamation 11 54th Mass. Infantry 12 Surrender at Appomattox 13 Battle of Gettysburg 14 Gettysburg Address 15 Total War 16 Chancelorsville & Fredericksburg

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Civil War Comic Strips

BOX 1: MANY CAUSES

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1 Compromise of 1850 2 Dred Scott v. Sanford 3 Fort Sumter 4 Battle of Bull Run 5 Robert E. Lee 6 Abraham Lincoln 7 Battle of Antietam 8 Ulysses S. Grant 9 Siege of Vicksburg 10 Emancipation Proclamation 11 54th Mass. Infantry 12 Surrender at Appomattox 13 Battle of Gettysburg 14 Gettysburg Address 15 Total War 16 Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg

Some causes were very

straightforward, such as the Abolition

Movement to end slavery, or the

Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave

Act or Compromise of 1850, which

both sought to maintain a balance

between slave states and free states.

Abolition Movement Fugitive Slave Act Compromise of 1850

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BOX 1: MANY CAUSES

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In the Dred Scott decision, the

Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott, a

slave who had lived for a few years in

a free state with his owner, was not a

citizen and could not sue for freedom

in court. This decision stated that

slaves were not citizens, but property

and personal property was protected

under the Constitution.

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BOX 2: SECESSION

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After the election of 1860 put

Northern Republican Abraham Lincoln into

the White House, Southerners moved to

separate, feeling little connection with him

as their leader. These states left the Union

to maintain a slave economy and ‘southern

way-of-life’, which was being threatened.

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BOX 2: SECESSION

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Let states do what they want and stay out of our business boy! After we

whip you Yankees, we’ll be back home with our slaves

at the harvest.

Slave-ownin’ traitor! You can’t just secede

from the Union! Obey the National

government…or else…


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BOX 2: SECESSION

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Northern Leaders were unwilling to

let the country split, resolving to uphold

federal authority. In 1861, the new

Confederate (Southern) States attacked

the federal outpost called ‘Fort Sumter’ in

South Carolina when northern troops

refused a Confederate evacuation order.

Fort Sumter

(during the attack)

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Civil War Comic Strips BOX 3: CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES & EARLY SUCCESS

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The South had many advantages

entering the war. Overall, they were

better trained, better led, knew the lay of

the land, and had a strong reason to

fight. One major benefit was that the

nation’s top general, Robert E. Lee

joined the South.

Robert

E. Lee

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Civil War Comic Strips BOX 3: CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES & WINS

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The South won an early conflict

called the 1st Battle of Bull Run, proving

to the North that the war was not going

to be resolved quickly, as they hoped.

Likewise, the Battle of Chancellorsville

& Battle of Fredericksburg were other

great Confederate wins that forced the

Union Army to retreat.

Battle of Bull Run

Civil War Comic Strips BOX 4: UNION ADVANTAGES & LATER SUCCESS

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The North had what proved to be even

greater advantages. Ultimately, the North

had more money to spend, more soldiers to

fight, more factories to produce supplies and

more railroads to transport the soldiers and

supplies. The North also practiced ‘Total

War’, where they burned/destroyed

structures and infrastructure while traveling

through the South (Sherman).

They had more soldiers

They had more money

They had more factories

They had more railroads


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The Battle of Antietam, the

bloodiest day in U.S. history, was

a union victory (12,000 union and

13,000 Confederate casualties).

The Siege of Vicksburg was an

important Union victory led by

Ulysses S. Grant. Vicksburg

turned the tide of the war back in

favor of the North.

Ulysses

S. Grant


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“I think that the North fought

that war with one hand behind

its back.... If there had been

more Southern victories, and a

lot more, the North simply

would have brought that other

hand out from behind its back. I

don't think the South ever had a

chance to win that War.”

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BOX 5: EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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On January 1st, 1863, President

Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order

to free all slaves. This Emancipation

Proclamation applied to 3-4 million

enslaved people (in the South). Lincoln

used the win at Antietam in order to

validate the issuing of this proclamation.

A former slave

reads about

emancipation in

the newspaper


BOX 5: EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

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The importance of the Emancipation

Proclamation cannot be understated. Not

only did it officially declare all slaves (in the

South) to be free, but it showed the nation

that the war was not only about preserving

the union, but also ending slavery.

A former slave

reads about

emancipation in

the newspaper


BOX 6: 54th MASSACHUSSETS INFANTRY

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One well-known sub-story of the

Civil War was the all-black regiment called

the 54th Massachusetts Infantry. Although

they faced extreme racism, even from their

fellow union soldiers and officers, they

were pioneers who paved the way for

future African-American soldiers.


BOX 6: 54th MASSACHUSSETS INFANTRY

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Many believed them to be

incompetent soldiers by virtue of their

race, which they disproved time and again

on the battlefield. Their story was

popularized by the 1989 film Glory.



BOX 7: GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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After a key union victory at the Battle of

Gettysburg, President Lincoln delivered what is

considered the most memorable speech in U.S.

history. His ten-sentence-long Gettysburg Address

sought to strengthen the resolve of the Union to win

the war and bring the country back together. About

a year and a half later, the South would surrender.

Battle of Gettysburg

Gettysburg Address


BOX 7: GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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BOX 8: Surrender at Appomattox

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The armies of the Union were able to

coordinate successfully with each other and

Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse,

Virginia on April 9, 1865. The home belonged

to a man named, Wilmer McLean. McLean

had lost his previous home in the 1st Battle of

Bull Run, and moved to Appomattox

Courthouse to escape the war.


BOX 8: Surrender at Appomattox

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Before the meeting, Lincoln instructs

Grant to “let’em up easy”. As a result, Grant

offers Lee extremely generous terms and

instructs the Confederates to simply surrender

their arms and go home. Grant quickly gives

orders to halt celebrations as Lee leaves the

meeting as an offering of respect and a symbol

of relief that war was over…but, not really…

Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston continued

to fight and surrendered to Sherman on April

26, 1865 in the home of James Bennett near

Durham, North Carolina.

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