Leaders of the Civil War

Grade 9

Introduction
The U.S. Civil War was a watershed event in
the shaping of the United States.
Contributions from influential men and
women are still being analyzed today. In this
interactive Power Point, students will have
the opportunity to read about some of the
more influential.
Standards
8.3.9A
8.3.9B
8.3.9C

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Lesson One --- Political Leaders

Lesson Two --- Northern and

Southern
Military Leaders
Lesson Three --- Influential Women
Review: Lesson 1 Review: Lesson
1, Lesson 2 Review: Lesson 1,
Lesson 2, Lesson 3
Quiz

Lesson One

Abraham Lincoln
Leader of the North.
1st Republican
President (1861 to
1865).
Self-educated
lawyer.
Arose to fame for
participation in the
Douglas/Lincoln
debates of 1858.

Lesson One

Abraham Lincoln
Nickname Honest
Abe
Savior of the Union
Delivered the
Gettysburg Address
and the
Emancipation
Proclamation
16th President of
the U.S.

Lesson One

Hannibal Hamlin
Lincolns 1st VP.
Compromise
candidate from
Maine.
Dropped in 1864
because of his ties
to the Radical
Republicans.

Lesson One

Andrew Johnson
Lincolns 2nd Vice
President.
Compromise
candidate from
Tennessee.
Became 17th
President after
Lincoln was
Assassinated in
1865.

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Jefferson Davis
President of the
Confederacy.
West Point
graduate.
Served in the
House, Senate and
as Sec. of War
before the war under
Pierce.

Lesson One

Alexander Stephens
Vice President
of the
Confederacy.
Descended from
Georgia.
Was a Democrat
serving in the
House from
1843-1859.

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Lesson Two

General Ulysses S. Grant

Rose to prominence
in the Western
theater.
Lincoln appointed
him to head all Union
armies in 1864.
Master tactician.
Lee surrendered to
Grant at Appomattox
Court House on April
9, 1865.

Lesson Two

General U.S. Grant

Appointed 1st
General of the Army
by President Johnson.
Equal to a four star
General today.
Became 18th
President of the United
States in 1869.
Served 2 terms.

Lesson Two

General George B. McClellan

Union General.
July 26, 1861 made
commander of the Army
of the Potomac.
Nov. 1, 1861 made
commander of the Union
armies.
Nov. 5,1862 removed
from command for
ineffectiveness.

Lesson Two

General William T. Sherman

Union General.
One of Grant's
most trusted
generals.
Famous for
Shermans March to
the Sea.
Conquered Atlanta.

Lesson Two

General Joshua L.
Union General.
Chamberlain

Medal of Honor
winner.
College professor
at Bowdoin College
in Maine.
Chosen to accept
Lees battle flags at
Appomattox.

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General George Meade

Union General.
Became commander
of the Army of the
Potomac after Hooker
resigned.
Defeated Lee at
Gettysburg.
Valued member of
Grants staff after
Grant was assigned to
the Eastern Theater.

Lesson Two

General Robert E. Lee

Resigned his
commission from the
Union Army on April 20,
1861.
I cannot raise my
hand against my
birthplace, my home,
my home.
Then offered services
to the Confederacy.

Lesson Two

General Robert E. Lee

Military adviser to Jeff
Davis before becoming
Commander of the
Army of Northern
Virginia on June 1, 1862.
Famous for winning
battles despite being
outnumbered.
Still revered in the
South today almost as a
mythical figure.

Lesson Two

General Thomas J. Jackson

Nicknamed
Stonewall.
One of Lees most
trusted generals.
Killed by friendly
fire in May 1863.
One of the greatest
tactical commanders
in U.S. history.

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General James E. B. Stuart

Nicknamed Jeb.
Cavalry commander
Known for daring
raids.
Killed by a Union
sharpshooter in the
spring of 1864.
Only 31 years old at
the time of death.

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General James Longstreet

Confederate
General.
Known for using
defensive tactics.
After Jackson and
Stuart died, became
Lees most trusted
advisor.
Surrendered with
Lee.

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Lesson Three

Julia Ward Howe

Wrote The Battle
Hymn of the
Republic.
One of the most
popular songs for the
Union.
Activist for womens
suffrage and Pacifism.

Lesson Three

Harriett Beecher Stowe

Wrote Uncle Toms
Cabin.
It became an anthem
to abolish slavery.
Spoke in the U.S. and
England against slavery.
In 1862, Lincoln said
to her, So you are the
little woman who wrote
the book that started
this great war!

Lesson Three

Harriet Tubman
Known as Moses of her
people.
Runaway slave.
Helped hundreds of
slaves flee on the
Underground Railroad.
Served as a nurse and a
spy for the Union.

Lesson Three

Clara Barton
1st woman to work in the
Patent Office.
April 1861, established
agency to distribute aid to
wounded soldiers.
Received permission to
visit battlefields to care for
the wounded in 1862.
Established the American
Red Cross in 1881.
Started as an educator.

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Question 1
Who was the president of
the Confederacy?
A. Alexander Stephens
B. Andrew Johnson
C. Jefferson Davis

Sorry!
Alexander Stephens served as Vice
Presidents of the Confederacy for the
duration of the U.S. Civil War.
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Sorry!
Andrew Johnson became president of
the United States after the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Correct!
Good job!
Jefferson Davis was the president of the
Confederacy for the duration of the
U.S. Civil War.
Continue to the next question.

Question 2
What general won the battle
of Gettysburg in 1863?
A. Ulysses S. Grant
B. George Meade
C. Robert E. Lee

Sorry!
Ulysses S. Grant was still in the West.
Grant was completing the Union victory
at Vicksburg during the same period of
time.
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Correct!
George Meade was the Union General
in charge at Gettysburg. When Grant
was transferred from the West, Meade
became a very valuable general under
Grant.
Good job!! Go ahead to the next
question.

Incorrect!
Robert E. Lee was the losing
Confederate General at Gettysburg.
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Question 3
Who wrote Uncle Toms
Cabin?
A. Harriet Beecher Stowe
B. Harriet Tubman
C. Clara Barton

Correct!
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote uncle
Toms Cabin in 1852. The book had
a big effect upon how the North
viewed slavery.
Good job! Excellent!

Incorrect!
Harriet Tubman was a runaway
slave who helped free hundreds of
slaves thru the Underground
Railroad.
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Incorrect!
Clara Barton founded the American
Red Cross and tended to the
wounded during the Civil War.
Barton didnt publish any fictional
works.
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