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Please write the following questions in your notebook.

Please write the following questions in your notebook. Which side had the advantage in terms of industrial production? What do these data suggest about the eventual outcome of the war?. Population North vs. South. North. South. 25. 4. 4. 20. 3. 3. 15. Population in millions. 2. 2.

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Please write the following questions in your notebook.

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  1. Please write the following questions in your notebook. • Which side had the advantage in terms of industrial production? • What do these data suggest about the eventual outcome of the war?

  2. Population North vs. South North South 25 4 4 20 3 3 15 Population in millions 2 2 10 1 1 5 0 0 0 Total Population Eligible for Military Industrial Workers

  3. Military Strength North vs. South Naval Ship Tonnage 25 to 1 Iron Production 15 to 1 Firearms Production 32 to 1 North South

  4. The Civil War Begins 1860-1865Confederates (South) vs. Yankees or Union (North)

  5. The Union and Confederacy Yes, they are slave states, but stay with the Union

  6. 1860: Abraham Lincoln Elected President of U.S. • ◊Dec. 1860: Southern States secede from the Union • Both N and S begin recruiting and training their Armies

  7. Fort Sumter • Confederate troops began seizing Federal Forts and arsenals • 03/1861: Only four remained in Union control • 04/1861: Confederate troops attack and take Fort Sumter (Charleston, SC)

  8. An Uneven Match? • The South (Confederacy): • The North (Union): • more people • more factories • more food • more railroads • A strong Navy ● King Cotton = Money? ● Well-trained Generals- West Point graduates! ● highly motivated soldiers

  9. The Union’s Plan • Blockade Southern ports = no trade • Split South into 2 parts along the Mississippi Riv. = divide & conquer • Capture Confederate capital at Richmond, VA = always go for the capital!

  10. The Union’s Plan

  11. Bull Run 06/1861 • First real battle • Confederates win under Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson • Confederates thought the war was over…

  12. In the West … • Yankee Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led forces in the west. • By June of 1862, Grant took control of most of Mississippi River

  13. Naval Cmdr. Farragut Takes New Orleans 08/1862 • Cmdr. Farragut commanded Union naval fleet. • Took New Orleans via the Gulf of Mexico to help secure the Mississippi R. Why was control of the Mississippi Riv. so important?

  14. Ft. HenryFeb. 1862 Grant - NORTH Grant Ft. Henry Ft. Donelson Mississippi Shiloh Ft. DonelsonFeb.1862 Grant - NORTH o (Vicksburg) Shiloh April 1862 Grant - NORTH New Orleans New Orleans April 1862 Farragut - NORTH Farragut

  15. Antietam, MD (not far from Washington D.C.) • 09/17/1862 - McLellan’s (Union) army beat Robert E. Lee’s army (Confederate). • Bloodiest single-day battle in American history • Lincoln “fires” McLellan for not pursuing Confederates

  16. 26,000 dead at Antietam

  17. Bull Run July 1861 - Stonewall Jackson - SOUTH Antietam Seven Days’ June-July 1861- McClellan vs. Lee - SOUTH Bull Run Manassas Manassas Aug. 1862 - Robert E. Lee - SOUTH Fredericksburg Antietam Sept. 1862 - McClellan vs. Lee - NORTH Seven Days’ Fredericksburg Dec. 1862 Robert E. Lee -SOUTH

  18. The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) • Didn’t feel he could end slavery (no Pres. Powers) • Freed slaves as a war tactic (confiscating supplies / property) • Applied only to slaves behind enemy lines • gave the war a moral purpose How was the Emancipation Proclamation a part of Lincoln’s military strategy?

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