1. CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
NORTH
ADVANTAGES
Larger population
More industry
More resources
Better banking system
More railroad mileage
Better leader (Abraham Lincoln)
More ships
Better balance between farming
and industry
Functioning Government
DISADVANTAGES
Faced hostile people
Southern territory unfamiliar

2. CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
SOUTH
ADVANTAGES
Strong popular support
Familiar territory
Superior military training facilities
DISADVANTAGES
Smaller population
Few factories
Less food production
Fewer railroad miles
Fewer ships
Jefferson Davis
Belief in states’ rights

3. CIVIL WAR PROBLEMS NORTH AND SOUTH
“Peace Democrats” (also called
“Copperheads”) favored a truce
with the Confederacy
Enlistments declined
Bounties offered – failed
Draft law drew names of men
20-45
Could buy out of it for $300
Draft riots took place in New
York City in July, 1863
SOUTH
Enlistments declined
Draft law drew names of men
18-35 to serve for 3 years
could hire a substitute
Bombing raids caused people to have
to leave their homes
Blockade caused imported goods to
disappear
Crops were destroyed, railroads were
torn apart
Clothing wore out and could not be
replaced

4. CIVIL WAR STRATEGIES NORTH The Anaconda Plan Blockade the South
Split the Confederacy by gaining
control of the Mississippi River
Capture Richmond, the Confederate
capital

5. CIVIL WAR STRATEGIES SOUTH WIN RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION
Capture Washington, D.C.
Seize central Pennsylvania
Defend homeland until
North tired of fighting
Get Britain to pressure
North to end blockade to
restore cotton supplies

6. 1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN
CIVIL WAR BATTLES,
1st BATTLE OF MANASSAS/ BULL RUN
July 21, 1861
- Northerners expected a quick
victory and an early end to
the war.
Residents of Washington,
D.C. came out to watch
Confederates won the battle
General Thomas Jackson
earned the title “Stonewall
Jackson at this battle

7. BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC
CIVIL WAR BATTLES ,
BATTLE OF THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC
March 9, 1862
first battle between two
ironclad warships; marked
new age in naval warfare
battle ended in a “draw”,
neither side won

8. CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 Shiloh (Tennessee) April 6, 1862
bloodiest battle of the war to that
point
-- 1,735 Union dead
-- 7,882 Union wounded
-- 1,728 Confederate dead
-- 8,012 Confederate wounded
- Union victory

9. CIVIL WAR BATTLES , 1861-1862 ANTIETAM (Maryland) September 17, 1862
bloodiest single day of battle
in America’s history
-- 2,010 Union dead
-- 9,416 Union wounded
-- 1,512 Confederate dead
-- 7,816 Confederate wounded
Confederate defeat which prevented
Gen. Lee from convincing Britain
to support the South

10. CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
                                                                                                                            
CIVIL WAR EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
January 1, 1863
Political move on the part of
Abraham Lincoln when he was
concerned the North was tiring
of war
- Freed only the slaves in the
“rebellious” states
Gave the North a new reason to
continue the war
Britain decided to withhold
recognition of the Confederacy

11. CIVIL WAR WOMEN IN WAR ran farms and businesses worked in factories
became teachers and government workers
served the military as nurses, messengers,
guides, scouts, smugglers, soldiers, and
spies
Clara Barton, nurse in the war,
eventually organized the American
Red Cross