Let’s look at the numbers… War Participants Deaths in service American Revolution 290,000 4,000 Civil War 3,213,000 620,000 World War I 4,744,000 116,000 World War II 16,535,000 420,000 Korean War 6,807,000 55,000 Vietnam War 9,200,000 109,000 *What – is the Civil War

What is a civil war? Confederate names for the war - a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country Confederate names for the war Union names for the war The Civil War The Southern Rebellion The War of Abolition The War Against Slavery The War for States’ Rights The War for Southern Independence The Yankee Invasion

Where!!??! did it all take place? *Show 37 pages of battles on the walls

Questions for battles on walls How many battles are on your page(s)? How many battles did the Union win? How many battles did the Confederacy win? How many “A” battles were there? “B” battles? “C” battles? “D” battles? Name each state that had a battle. Tally how many battles in each of those states. Label each state from #4 as the Eastern or Western Front. (Look at a map!) *Show 37 pages of battles on the walls

The Civil War consisted of nearly 10,500 battles, engagements, and other military actions including nearly 50 major battles and about 100 others that had major significance.

Plans The South’s plan was simple….defense, defense, defense! The North’s plan…the Anaconda Plan (Scott’s Great Snake)…wrap around the south and suffocate it like a snake! Seal off the coast with a naval blockade Protect the Union Capitol: Washington, D.C. Capture Confederate Capitol: Richmond, Virginia Conquer the Mississippi River Squeeze/Suffocate the South to submission

What is an anaconda? Who does the snake represent? What is the Great Snake doing in this image? Who is creating the blockade along the Confederate Coast? What was the purpose of this blockade? How did the Confederacy try to break or out maneuver the Union naval blockade? What is the snake’s tail wrapped around? Why?

Name ____________________________ Date___________________ Pd. _______ The War Begins – Ft. Sumter; Ch. 16 sec. 1 Fort Sumter The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Ft. Sumter, South Carolina. Although no one was killed there, the bloodiest war in the country’s history had begun.

Who’s flag is that waving above Ft. Sumter? Name ____________________________ Date___________________ Pd. _______ The War Begins – Ft. Sumter; Ch. 16 sec. 1 Who: What: Where: When: Why: Results: Who’s flag is that waving above Ft. Sumter?