1. Civil War
Us history

2. President Lincoln: 8/22/1862
“I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union…”

3. Union and Confederate Resources, 1861
Predict how the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederacy would shape the war. Use examples.
Union and Confederate Resources, 1861
Union
Confederacy
Percent of nation’s population
71%
29%
Percent of nation’s railroads
Percent of nation’s farm acreage
65%
35%
Percent of manufacturing workers
92% 8%
Percent of nation’s manufacturing
Number of factories
110,000
18,000
Railroad mileage
22,000
9,000

4. How did population differences between the North and the South impact the Civil War?
South
22,000,000
Population 1860
9,000,000
(4 Million Slaves)
13,000
Casualties Shiloh (1862)
10,700
12,400
Casualties Antietam (1862)
10,300
23,000
Casualties Gettysburg (1863)
42,000
Siege of Petersburg-Richmond (1865)
28,000
Casualty = killed, wounded, missing or captured

5. What is one reason you think the North didn’t win earlier?

6. Gettysburg Address Source Document: Historical Context Audience Bias
Purpose
Many historians consider the Civil War the “Second American Revolution.” Use the Gettysburg Address to back up their argument.

7. Post It
1) Briefly explain two reasons why the North was able to beat the South.
2) Briefly explain two ways in which Lincoln expanded presidential authority during the Civil War.
3) Briefly explain the significance of the Gettysburg Address.