1. WAR ERUPTS
MR. Dickerson

2. BATTLES: FORT SUMTER – a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
South attacked on April 12,1861 to officially start the Civil War

3. Lincoln calls out troops to put down the uprising

4. Virginia decides to go with the South
Virginia is a key state because of wealth, large population and home of great military leaders

5. PEOPLE : ROBERT E. LEE – general in charge of Confederate troops during the Civil War

6. TERMS: BORDER STATES – states that are located between the Union and the Confederacy
BORDER STATES: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

9. Kentucky is a key state because it contains so many key rivers to be used for transportation

10. TOTAL U.S. MANUFACTURING PLANTS
RESOURCES IN 1860
TOTAL U.S. POPULATION
Confederacy
Union
TOTAL U.S. MANUFACTURING PLANTS

11. TOTAL U.S. RAILROAD MILES TOTAL U.S. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
RESOURCES IN 1860
TOTAL U.S. RAILROAD MILES
Confederacy
Union
TOTAL U.S. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

12. President Lincoln is a great leader and one of the biggest advantages the Union has

13. Union has a huge advantage over the South in terms of people and resources
Union also has a huge advantage in factories, railroad miles and navy shipyards

14. TERMS: KING COTTON – cotton becomes the major economic product of the South and basis of the economy

15. South tries to force England and France to help with their war effort by refusing to send cotton – plan does not work

16. UNION PLAN – destroy the South’s economy so they are forced to end the war

17. TERMS: ANACONDA PLAN – the Union plan to shut off all Southern trade and ruin their economy

19. TERMS: BLOCKADE – when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area

20. Union also wants to capture the Confederate capital city – Richmond, Virginia

21. Confederacy has certain advantages also:
good generals
only has to fight a defensive war
fighting to defend their homes and families

22. South wants war to last as long as possible – force the Union to eventually give up

23. BATTLES: FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN – first major battle of the Civil War, fought near Washington D.C. – was a Confederate victory

24. GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON: rallies the Southern troops to victory

26. Confederate win in this battle stuns the Union
the Union had thought they would win the war in a couple of weeks, they were wrong.

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