1. The Start to the Civil War
Ms. Bean

2. Warm-Up Jan 13th
List one advantage and one disadvantage of the North and South in regards to going to war?
Foreshadow issues the South and the North could face if and when they go to war?
Predict what will have to the economies of the North and South during and after the war?

3. CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
NORTH
CIVIL WAR ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
Advantages
Disadvantages
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
Faced hostile people
Southern territory unfamiliar

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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