Robert E. Lee Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia Opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force Frederick Douglass Former enslaved African American Became a prominent abolitionist Urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved African Americans to fight in the Union army STANDARD VUS.7b The student will apply social science skills to understand the Civil War and Reconstruction eras and their significance as major turning points in American history by b) evaluating and explaining the significance and development of and political statements, including the Abraham Lincoln’s leadership significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the principles outlined in the Gettysburg Address; Essential Understandings vision of the United States as a nation and democratic society was evident in his speeches and political decrees. Abraham Lincoln’s Essential Knowledge leadership Abraham Lincoln’s Believed secession was an illegal act and that the United States was a not a collection of sovereign states; Southerners believed the states had freely joined “nation,” the Union and could freely leave First and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil Inaugural Address: “In your hands my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, war…” Initial goal: Preserve the Union Later goal: End slavery and expand citizenship Emancipation Proclamation Developed after enslaved African Americans given asylum at Fort Monroe were of declared “contraband war” Freed those slaves located in the states (Southern states that had seceded) “rebelling” Made the abolition of slavery a Northern war aim Discouraged any interference of foreign governments Allowed for the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union Army Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that men are created and that was ruled by a “all equal” government the people, by the people, and for the “of people.”
Robert E. Lee Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia Opposed secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force Frederick Douglass Former enslaved African American Became a prominent abolitionist Urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved African Americans to fight in the Union army STANDARD VUS.7b The student will apply social science skills to understand the Civil War and Reconstruction eras and their significance as major turning points in American history by b) evaluating and explaining the significance and development of Abraham Lincoln’s leadership and political statements, including the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the principles outlined in the Gettysburg Address; Essential Understandings Abraham Lincoln’s vision of the United States as a nation and democratic society was evident in his speeches and political decrees. Essential Knowledge Abraham Lincoln’s leadership Believed secession was an illegal act and that the United States was a “nation,” not a collection of sovereign states; Southerners believed the states had freely joined the Union and could freely leave First Inaugural Address: “In your hands my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war…” Initial goal: Preserve the Union Later goal: End slavery and expand citizenship Emancipation Proclamation Developed after enslaved African Americans given asylum at Fort Monroe were declared “contraband of war” Freed those slaves located in the “rebelling” states (Southern states that had seceded) Made the abolition of slavery a Northern war aim Discouraged any interference of foreign governments Allowed for the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union Army Gettysburg Address Lincoln described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation that was dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” and that was ruled by a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.”
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