https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet Color code: Blue-Union, Red-Confederate, Purple-Pre Civil War, Green-Post Civil War, Orange-Did did not favor only one side, Blue-Union, Red-Confederate. en-us 2018-04-03 16:49:30 UTC 2025-05-06 20:07:52 UTC hello@padlet.com matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212210 Abe Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. Lincoln is known for the Gettysburg Address, and signing the Emancipation Proclamation. ]]> 2018-04-03 17:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212210 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212433 Davis was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America from 1861-1865.]]> 2018-04-03 17:04:03 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212433 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212672 The Battle of Gettysburg took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in 1863. General George Meade of the Union defeated Robert E. Lee of the South and prevented him from advancing farther into the North. There were 51,112 total casualties.]]> 2018-04-03 17:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248212672 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248318594 Robert E. Lee was a respected General of the Confederacy. He won many battles including the Second Battle of Bull Run, 
Battle of Fredericksburg, Second Battle of Deep Bottom, and others.]]> 2018-04-03 22:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248318594 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248318656 Ulysses S. Grant was a Union general in the Civil War. He led armies at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, and more. He later became the 18th president.]]> 2018-04-03 22:04:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/248318656 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249910660 The first Battle of Bull Run was in 1861 in Manassas, Virginia. It was the first major battle of the Civil War. The Confederates, led by Thomas Jackson defeated the Union. There were 4,878 casualties.]]> 2018-04-09 16:40:04 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249910660 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914238 The Fugitive Slave Act was created as part of the Compromise of 1850 to please the south. The Act penalized citizens for helping slaves run away, but many northerners did not follow it.]]> 2018-04-09 16:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914238 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914363 The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, made the Arkansas territory pro-slavery, and made the unorganized territory anti-slavery]]> 2018-04-09 16:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914363 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914969 In 1850, Henry Clay suggested a compromise to Congress to ease the tension between the north and south. The fugitive slave act was created, California became a free state, and trading slaves in Washington D.C. was banned.]]> 2018-04-09 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249914969 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249919669 Washington D.C. is the capitol of the Union, housing the Supreme Court, Congress, and the President.]]> 2018-04-09 16:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/249919669 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/252243363 Fort Sumter was a United States fort in Charleston Harbor until it fell under Confederate control in 1861 after the Battle of Fort Sumter.]]> 2018-04-16 16:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/252243363 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/252244436 Within a month of Lincoln's election (Lincoln was against slavery), South Carolina seceded from the Union. ]]> 2018-04-16 16:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/252244436 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/253535097 In 1858, John Brown and a group of about 20 men raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia's Arsenal so they could arm local slaves. They failed.]]> 2018-04-19 17:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/253535097 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254152938 In 1861, Confederates shot at Union forces in Fort Sumter for over 24 hours before the Union soldiers evacuated and the fort fell under Confederate control. FortSumter was the battle that started the war.]]> 2018-04-22 16:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254152938 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254505539 Richmond was the capitol of the Confederate States of America.]]> 2018-04-23 17:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254505539 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254506960 Industrial Strength
Higher Population
Advanced Railroad system
Controlled the Navy
Good Leaders - Ulysses S. Grant, Abe Lincoln]]> 2018-04-23 17:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254506960 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507089 Farmers made better fighters than factory workers
Were defending familiar territory
Excellent Generals - Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jackson]]> 2018-04-23 17:04:45 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507089 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507339 Fought most battles in enemy territory]]> 2018-04-23 17:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507339 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507490 Fewer people
Had to import industrial goods ]]> 2018-04-23 17:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/254507490 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256933263 Leader of the much smaller Southern Navy, Mallory could not do much. His navy did have the first submarine to sink a ship and participated in the first all Ironclad battle.]]> 2018-05-01 16:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256933263 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256934350 In 1862, each side's ironclad ship faced off at Hampton Roads off the coast of Virginia. The Virginia (formerly the Merrimack) was the South's and the Monitor was the North's. The battle was a draw because both sides thought they won.]]> 2018-05-01 16:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256934350 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256940243 In 1862, Confederate troops attacked the Grant's army in Shiloh, TN. The Union fought off the attack and kept control of Shiloh. With 23,746 casualties, at the time Shiloh was the bloodiest battle in American History.]]> 2018-05-01 16:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/256940243 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258616653 Signed on Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves in states fighting against the Union, which Lincoln actually had no power over because they had left the Union.  Still, the Proclomation detered Britain from helping the Confederates because it then seemed like they were fighting to keep slavery not just to be their own country.]]> 2018-05-07 16:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258616653 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258626953 In 1862, Ambrose Burnside's army of the Union tried to get to Richmond by crossing the Rappahannock River. They ran into Lee's army and were defeated. There were 17,929 casualties and 13,353 of them were from the Union.]]> 2018-05-07 17:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258626953 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258627699 Ambrose Burnside was a Union general for the battle of Fredricksburg. However, after the defeat, he was no longer a general. He later became the governer of Rhode Island.]]> 2018-05-07 17:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/258627699 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260236608 Thomas Jackson was a Confederate general in the Civil War. He won battles such as the First Battle of Bull Run. He was killed in 1863 after the Battle of Chancellorsville when some of his own troops accidentally shot him.]]> 2018-05-13 15:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260236608 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260261829 After the Kansas Nebraska Act was passed, settlers rushed to Kansas so they could vote on whether there was slavery or not. The differences led to violence.]]> 2018-05-13 19:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260261829 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260554871 13th-Abolished Slavery
14th-All people born or naturalized in the United States become citizens
15th-Every man can vote, no matter what race, color, or previous condition of servitude.]]> 2018-05-14 16:54:31 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260554871 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260556351 Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the U.S. and was Lincoln's vice president. He did not get along well with Congress and there was an impeachment attempt in 1868.]]> 2018-05-14 16:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260556351 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260559830 President Andrew Johnson did not get along with Congress and in 1868 after he fired the Secretary of War with the Senate's permission, they attempted to impeach him.]]> 2018-05-14 17:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260559830 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260560510 Gettysburg was the site of one of the key battles in the Civil War because it stopped the Confederates from advancing north.]]> 2018-05-14 17:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260560510 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260930113 On April 9, 1865, one week after Grant captured Richmond, Lee surrended and gave up their weapons. The Confederates were then allowed to leave peacefully.]]> 2018-05-15 16:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260930113 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260932948 Passed on May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories to decide for themselves about slavery.]]> 2018-05-15 16:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260932948 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260935269 Fought from September 16-18, 1862, the Battle of Antietam had 22,717 causalities. Neither side was victorious because of the high death total.]]> 2018-05-15 17:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/260935269 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261292117 The Wilmot Proviso was a proposed plan in 1846 to make all of the land gained from the Mexican-American War to free territory (no slavery). Congress did not pass it.]]> 2018-05-16 16:35:21 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261292117 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261293187 In 1852, Harriet Beacher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin was published. The book made many Northerners aware of the cruelty of slavery.]]> 2018-05-16 16:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261293187 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261295737 In 1857, Ded Scott, a slave, used to live in a free state so he sued his owner for freedom. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves are not citizens so they could not sue. This made many Northerners furious.]]> 2018-05-16 16:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/261295737 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262530956 Many women helped with the war effort as nurses, in factories, on farms, and some even dressed up as men to fight. Some famous ones are Clara Barton, Sarah Emma Edmonds (see Important People), and Susan B. Anthony.]]> 2018-05-22 00:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262530956 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262541954 Sarah Emma Edmonds was a "male" traveling Bible Salesman when she joined the Union Army as Franklin Thompson. She worked as a spy and traveled into the south multiple times.]]> 2018-05-22 01:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262541954 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262543821 Meade was a Union general in the Civil War. He is most famous for winning the Battle of Gettysburg.]]> 2018-05-22 01:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262543821 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545883 The Freedom's Bureau was an organization made to educate newly freed slaves and other poor men. ]]> 2018-05-22 02:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545883 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545916 5 days after the Civil War ended, Licoln was shot in Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Boothe.]]> 2018-05-22 02:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545916 matthew_sloan19 https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545935 After the Civil War ended, many hate groups made up of of whites who disliked African Americans terrorized the African Americans to prevent them from voting. A famous hate group is the KKK.]]> 2018-05-22 02:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_sloan19/m_s_civil_war_padlet/wish/262545935