Matthew's Research Blog

Reflection paragraph on findings

2012-02-13T14:57:00.000-05:00

All of my findings that I have researched have helped my out tremendously. I didnt really know to much about the Civil War until this research project. My findings have helped me on my knowing, questions, images, quotes, and most of my paragraph's. I personally think that the findings I have are facts but some of them could be opinionated.

Finding Paragraph #3

2012-02-13T14:40:00.000-05:00

My last question, " How come South Carolina was first to secede from the Union?" The South was already angry and upset about the compromises and decisions that had been made earlier regarding slavery. For example, the Dred Scott Decision, Compromise of 1850, Compromise of 1820, Kansas Nebraska Act, Raid at Harpers Ferry, Three Fifths Compromise, and Missouri Compromise were some of the compromises and decisions made at the time to try to deal with disagreements over slavery. During the presidential election of 1860, Southern leaders told the South to secede from the Union if Lincoln were to win the election because they believed Lincoln was an abolitionist. Abolitionists were people who worked to get rid of slavery. The South was afraid that Lincoln would outlaw slavery while in office. This would have created a problem for the South since its way of life depended on slaves. It would have prevented the South from thriving. Southern farmers would be forced to pay their former slaves in return for working on the farms. Plantation owners would make less money since most of the people working on the plantations would have to be paid.

Finding Paragragh #2

2012-02-13T14:30:00.000-05:00

After the researching the past two weeks, I've found some very helpful facts. A question of mine was, "What caused General Lee to surrender?" With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end.

Finding Paragragh #1

2012-02-13T14:21:00.000-05:00

I have learned alot these past few weeks while researching my topic. One of my questions were, "Did General Grant's lack of leadership hurt the Union? Why?" After some research, I found out that he did indeed lack some political experience and the discipline of his soliders. He went to West Point in 1839, but with no military ambition. Despite being morally opposed to the war, he fought with distinction and innovation in the US-Mexico wars, for example by bombarding Mexican positions from a church tower. He resigned commission in 1854 to be with his wife, but was no good at farming and joined the family tanning business. In 1860, with the election of Lincoln, the Southern states seceded. Grant started by drilling local volunteers then joined up again.

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #5

2012-02-07T14:55:00.002-05:00

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect that it will cease to be divided. It will become all the one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push it forward until it shall become alike lawful in all the states, old as well as new, north as well as south."

Abraham Lincoln,
June 16, 1858, Address to the Republican Convention

http://www.brotherswar.com/Civil_War_Quotes_4c.htm

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #4

2012-02-07T14:52:00.000-05:00

"So the case stands, and under all the passion of the parties and the cries of battle lie the two chief moving causes of the struggle. Union means so many millions a year lost to the South; secession means the loss of the same millions to the North. The love of money is the root of this, as of many other evils. The quarrel between the North and South is, as it stands, solely a fiscal quarrel."

Charles Dickens,
"All The Year Round"
December 28, 1861

http://www.brotherswar.com/Civil_War_Quotes_4l.htm

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #3

2012-02-07T14:49:00.000-05:00

"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. Honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth."

President Abraham Lincoln, message to Congress, 1862

http://cwquotes.blogspot.com/

Quote, paraphrase, citation #2

2012-02-07T14:47:00.000-05:00

"We'll fight them, sir, 'til hell freezes over, and then, sir, we will fight them on the ice."

A Confederate soldier at Gettysburg, in The Civil War by Shelby Foote

http://cwquotes.blogspot.com/

Quote, paraphrase, and citation #1

2012-02-07T14:43:00.000-05:00

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as the final resting place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work that they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

President Abraham Lincoln, at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1863

http://cwquotes.blogspot.com/

Photo, Caption, and Citation #3

2012-02-06T14:50:00.001-05:00

This picture was taken after the Battle of Gettysburg, which was held in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle was fought from July 1-3, 1863. The battle was the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War. It is often described as the turning point of the war.

http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarbattles/a/gettysburg_one.htm

Photo, caption, citation #2

2012-02-03T14:55:00.001-05:00

This is General Ulysses Grant. He is the General of the Union.

Photo, caption, and citation #1

2012-02-03T14:39:00.001-05:00

This is General Robert E. Lee. He was the General on the South and the ruler.

2012-02-01T15:02:00.000-05:00

This shows all the troops, troops that died. It also showed who stuck to the Union and who parted with the Confederacy. It shows how the Union lost more soliders than the south did, even though the north won the war.
http://accelerateu.org/graphic_resources/SR4,5,6.jpg

Animoto Video

2012-01-31T14:50:00.000-05:00

Make a video of your own at Animoto.

Blog Project Status

2012-01-26T14:19:00.000-05:00

At this part of my project im about to began work on my Animoto video and then my Wordle. Im a little behind schedule because I had to recover my password to Blogger. The best thing for me to have a smooth road ahead for my project is to not forget my password again and everything work as planned. My researching I've been finding is really helpful for my topic. My goals is to catch back up to where im supposed to be and find out the best ways for my objectives.

Preliminary Links and Describtions

2012-01-25T15:02:00.000-05:00

http://www.civilwar.com/
This following website contained alot of information on the soliders, weapons, and all of the battles. The website answers many of the questions.

http://www.historyplace.com/
This website was a timeline of most events during the war era. The dates were very helpful for my topic.

http://www.us-civilwar.com/
This website is really helpful about the battles and other important events. The only bad thing about the site is that it is covered in ads.

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/generals.html
This is a two-sidered website which is real helpful, Union and Confederates. It gave a ton of information for me.

What I want to know about my topic

2012-01-25T14:49:00.000-05:00

As I chose my topic I'm currently researching I am very curious and eager to know more than what I already do. My top question as of now for my topic is, "What information can I find about the Civil War through the literature of that time period?" I am going to use five other questions to help break down my main top question.

1. What would happen if a solider was shot in the leg? Why?

2. Did General Grant's lack of leadership hurt the Union? Why?

3. What caused General Lee to surrender?

4. How come South Carolina was first to secede from the Union?

5. Why were the slaves the reason for the Civil War?

What I already know about my topic

2012-01-20T14:32:00.000-05:00

From all of my past History and Social Studies classes, I've learned a lot about the time span through the civil war time. The Union soliders and the Confederate soliders. Union soliders were the northern states and the Confederate soliders were the southern states. The start of the war was at Fort Sumter, in Charleston South Carolina. The date was December 26, 1860. The end of the war was when General Lee surrendered the grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

The story behind my topic choice

2012-01-20T14:14:00.001-05:00

I chose the civil war and aftermath topic because, I've always like to learn about past wars and history. I also like to learn how the people and all of the surrondings acted, spoke, and thought during those times. Growing up in the south I've always heard stories about the war and it's very interesting. I've studied the civil war and it's aftermath alot through my educational career but I'd love to learn more detail on the topic.