Causes of the Civil War?

The Union and Confederacy in 1861

Rating the North & the South

Railroad Lines 1860 Railroad Lines 1860

Resources: North & the South

Men Present for Duty

Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

Mobilizing for War - CSA  800,000 served  Conscription Act 1862  Substitutes, 20-Negro Law  Military Supplies  Tredegar Iron Works, Augusta Powder Works  Food & Clothing  Transportation  Impressment Act 1863

Mobilizing for War - Union 2 million + served Food & Supplies no problem Business organization & transportation a huge advantage! Enrollment Act 1863 –Substitution –Commutation - $300

Financing the War Huge Money Needs Confederate property tax & Script Union Income Tax War Bonds Legal Tender Act –Greenbacks, Inflation National Bank Act 1863 Size & Power of Government?

Political Leadership in Wartime Need for Government Power Copperheads Radicals Nature of Confederacy

Advantages of Each Side NorthSouth

Causes of Each Side NorthSouth

Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda Plan”

Lincoln Secures the Border States MarylandDelawareKentuckyMissouri West Virginia Habeas Corpus Ex Parte Merryman 1861

Significant Civil War Events

Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861 Significance?

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac (Virginia) Significance? For South? For Naval Power?

Civil War Diplomacy France & England Commerce Raiders –CSS Alabama –Laird Rams The Trent Affair Emancipation

Battle of Antietam September 1862 Significance?

War in the East:

Slavery & The War Is the war about slavery? “Contrabands” Confiscation Acts The Border States –Compensated Emancipation? Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation in 1863 Effects???

The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

Gettysburg Casualties

Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864

Presidential Election of 1864

The Progress of War:

Key Civil War Battles Ft. Sumter 1861 First Manassas (Bull Run) 1861 Antietam 1862 –Emancipation Gettysburg 1863 Vicksburg 1863 Atlanta 1864

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress  1861 – Morrill Tariff Act  1862 – Homestead Act  1862 – Legal Tender Act  1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act  1862 – Emancipation Proclamation  1863 – Pacific Railway Act  1863 – National Bank Act  1861 – Morrill Tariff Act  1862 – Homestead Act  1862 – Legal Tender Act  1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act  1862 – Emancipation Proclamation  1863 – Pacific Railway Act  1863 – National Bank Act

End of the War April 9 – Appomattox Court House April 14

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

Effects of War Political Change – Politics, civil liberties, Power of President – “A more perfect Union” – States Rights? Secession? – Republican Party – Democratic Party Economic Change – South – North – Taxes Social Change – Women – Draft – End of Slavery – 13 th Amendment

What is next? What are the big issues facing Lincoln & the US government now that the war is over? Discuss with your group & make a “Top 3” list.