1. America in Crisis: Civil War & Reconstruction Part II: 1861-1877

2. Deciding Factors
The North: Demographic & economic advantages
The South: The homeland & the cultural advantages
Ironies of the War
Preserving a Union
Preserving a culture

3. Characteristics of the War
Total War
Technology
Leaders

4. Theater of War: The Anaconda Plan

5. The Bloodiest Day in U.S. History

6. The Turning Points of War
1861: April Fort Sumter
July 1st Battle of Bull Run
1862: April New Orleans falls
Sept. Antietam
1863: July Siege of Vicksburg
July Battle of Gettysburg
1864: Sept.- Dec. Atlanta falls &
Sherman’s March to the Sea
1865: April Appomattox

7. Map of Major Civil War Battles

8. Sherman’s March to the Sea

9. Spring 1865: The Last Campaign and
the War’s End

10. Aftermath: Lincoln’s Assassination

11. Aftermath: Reconstruction, 1865-1877
The main question
The spoils of war—power struggles
Living conditions in the South
Legacy
The Compromise of 1877

12. Radical Reconstruction

13. Summary 1. 2. 3. 4.