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Chapter Menu Chapter Introduction Section 1:Section 1:The Opposing Sides Section 2:Section 2:The Early Stages Section 3:Section 3:Life During the War Section 4:Section 4:The Turning Point Section 5:Section 5:The War Ends Visual Summary

Section 1 The First Modern War Unlike previous wars, the Civil War was fought with huge, mostly volunteer armies equipped with new technologies.

Section 1 By the 1850s, French and American inventors had developed a new, inexpensive conoidal (cone-shaped) bullet for rifles. −Conoidal bullets were accurate at greater ranges. −So troops would be fired on several more times while charging enemy lines. The First Modern War (cont.)

Section 1 The Civil War marked the first time that troops defending their positions protected themselves with trenches and barriers instead of standing upright in a line. Attrition played a critical role as the war dragged on.Attrition The Southern disdain for remaining on the defensive meant that when battles occurred, Southern troops often went on the offensive, charging enemy lines and suffering very high causalities. The First Modern War (cont.)

Section 1 Early in the war, the general in chief of the United States, Winfield Scott, proposed a strategy for defeating the South—referred to as the Anaconda Plan. Lincoln agreed to implement Scott’s plan, and imposed a blockade on Southern ports, hoping for a quick victory.implement Ultimately, he and other Union leaders realized that only a long war that focused on destroying the South’s armies had any chance of success. The First Modern War (cont.)

A.A B.B Section 1 Early in the war, which kind of struggle did Jefferson Davis imagine? A.An offensive war B.A defensive war

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Vocab4 attrition the act of wearing down by constant harassment or attack

Vocab6 implement to put into action; to assemble