FORT SUMTER – a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina South attacked on April 12,1861 to officially start the Civil War.

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FORT SUMTER – a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina South attacked on April 12,1861 to officially start the Civil War

Lincoln calls out troops to put down the uprising

Virginia decides to go with the South Virginia is a key state because of wealth, large population and home of great military leaders

ROBERT E LEE – general in charge of Confederate troops during the Civil War

BORDER STATES – Are states that are located between the Union and the Confederacy BORDER STATES: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

Kentucky is a key state because it contains so many key rivers to be used for transportation

RESOURCES IN 1860 Confederacy Union TOTAL U.S. POPULATION TOTAL U.S. MANUFACTURING PLANTS

RESOURCES IN 1860 Confederacy Union TOTAL U.S. RAILROAD MILES TOTAL U.S. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

President Lincoln is a great leader and one of the biggest advantages the Union has

Union has a huge advantage over the South in terms of people and resources Union also has a huge advantage in factories, railroad miles and navy shipyards

UNION PLAN – destroy the South’s economy so they are forced to end the war

ANACONDA PLAN – the Union plan to shut off all Southern trade and ruin their economy

BLOCKADE – when armed forces prevent the transportati on of goods or people into or out of an area

Union also wants to capture the Confederate capital city – Richmond, Virginia

Confederacy has certain advantages also: good generals only has to fight a defensive war fighting to defend their homes and families

South wants war to last as long as possible – force the Union to eventually give up

KING COTTON – cotton becomes the major economic product of the South and basis of the economy

South tries to force England and France to help with their war effort by refusing to send cotton – plan does not work

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN – first major battle of the Civil War, fought near Washington, DC – was a Confederate victory

GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON rallies the Southern troops to victory

the Confederate win in this battle stuns the Union the Union had thought they would win the war in a couple of weeks