America in Crisis: Civil War & Reconstruction Part II: 1861-1877
Deciding Factors The North: Demographic & economic advantages The South: The homeland & the cultural advantages Ironies of the War Preserving a Union Preserving a culture
Characteristics of the War Total War Technology Leaders
Theater of War: The Anaconda Plan
The Bloodiest Day in U.S. History
The Turning Points of War 1861: April Fort Sumter July 1st Battle of Bull Run 1862: April New Orleans falls Sept. Antietam 1863: July Siege of Vicksburg July Battle of Gettysburg 1864: Sept.- Dec. Atlanta falls & Sherman’s March to the Sea 1865: April Appomattox
Map of Major Civil War Battles
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Spring 1865: The Last Campaign and the War’s End
Aftermath: Lincoln’s Assassination
Aftermath: Reconstruction, 1865-1877 The main question The spoils of war—power struggles Living conditions in the South Legacy The Compromise of 1877
Radical Reconstruction
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