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The Civil War in Three Battles
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The Civil War in Three Battles
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Get Ready: What do you think America would look like if the Confederacy had won?
The Golden Circle was an 1850s proposal by radical Southern groups to expand the number of slave states. It envisioned the ANNEXATION of several areas—Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Cuba, and the rest of the Caribbean—into the United States in order to vastly increase the number of slave states.
It was proposed that Mexico alone be divided into 25 new slave states.
The War and the Popular Imagination.
How does the artist want you to perceive life in the confederacy?
Nostalgia: A pleasant feeling about a specific time or place in the past.
Discuss: Civil War NOSTALGIA is big business, with artists like Mort Kunstler making their living painting ROMANTICIZED images of the War.
Why do you think Americans want to buy these images?
Romanticize: to describe or depict something as better than it really was.
Secondary Source: Hollywood's Civil War
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The First Battle: Bull Run
The First Battle of Bull Run, was fought on July 21, 1861 in Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The Union's forces were slow in positioning themselves, allowing Confederate reinforcements time to arrive by rail. Each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops in their first battle.
It was a Confederate victory followed by a disorganized retreat of the Union forces.
A Terrible Picnic
unprepared for the scale of slaughter, hundreds of spectators lined the battlefield.
Once, a common practice, this was the last time civilians would witness combat. Because of new technologies, like the gatling gun, and more effective ARTILLERY, war had become much more dangerous.