1. The Civil War

2. The Nation Divided

3. Union vs. Confederacy Union Advantages Disadvantages Industrial base
Longer supply lines
Population of 22 million
Less agriculture
Had control over US Navy
Fighting in unfamiliar land
Used to blockade south

4. Union vs. Confederacy Confederacy Advantages Disadvantages
Know the land
Population of 9 million
Defending homeland
Less industry
Farmers make better soldiers than factory workers
Less infrastructure

5. Who’s Who? Abraham Lincoln – 16th President of the United States
First Republican President
Believed in preserving the Union at all cost
Jefferson Davis – 1st (and only) President of the Confederate States of America
Senator from Mississippi

6. Who’s Who? Ulysses S. Grant – Commanding General of the Union Army
Robert E. Lee – Commanding General of the Confederate Army
William Tecumseh Sherman – Union General
Criticized for his policies of “total war”

7. The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 Lincoln drafts the Emancipation Proclamation
Frees all slaves held in states that were in rebellion against the Union
Made freeing slaves a key goal in the war
Slaves were not given citizenship
Did not outlaw slavery
As the Union moved in to lands formerly held by the Confederacy slaves were freed
Many joined the Union army to fight against the Confederacy

8. Gettysburg
In July of 1863 Lee realized that the South was losing and needed to make a final push in order to turn the war in Confederate favor.
Lee attacks the North Video
Gettysburg is the largest battle in the history of the Western hemisphere.
Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days

9. Gettysburg Lee was defeated and retreated to Virginia
Lee even offered his resignation to Jefferson Davis, but it was refused.
The battle was a crushing defeat for the Confederacy
The South’s hopes for legitimate recognition of the Confederacy were gone.
The Battle of Gettysburg (combined with Grant’s victory at Vicksburg) turned the tide of the Civil War in the Union’s favor.

10. The Gettysburg Address
To commemorate the national cemetery at Gettysburg Lincoln drafted “a few remarks”
The politician, Edward Everrett, who was before Lincoln spoke for 2 hours
Lincoln’s address was 10 sentences
The Gettysburg Address is seen as one of the greatest examples of oration in the English language.

11. Lee Surrenders On April 3, 1865 Grant takes Richmond, VA
The Capital of the Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee surrenders to Grant on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse