1. 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

2. 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

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

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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?

11. 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.

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