1. CIVIL WAR
NORTH VS. SOUTH

2. 3.Civil War and Reconstruction
Identify and analyze the technological, social, and strategic aspects of the Civil War
Explain the influence of Abraham Lincoln’s philosophy of the Union and his executive actions and leadership on the course of the Civil War

3. Photography allowed the people to see how horrendous the war actually was in the USA.
Use this to show how terrible the war was as documented by photography.

4. Use this to show how terrible the war was as documented by photography.

5. Although many people died in the Civil War, many soldiers were horrifically injured. Their injuries forever altered their lives.
Use this to show how terrible the war was as documented by photography.

6. Ask the students to explain how this former slave lived
Ask the students to explain how this former slave lived. How would you describe his life? Hard, difficult, inhumane? This helps the students to think about the impact of slavery on African Americans.

7. Ask the students to give description words for this picture
Ask the students to give description words for this picture. How would you describe those who committed this terrible abuse against this man? Evil, wicked, inhumane? This helps the students to think about the impact of slavery on African Americans.

8. The Underground Railroad was a system in which many people helped
slaves escape to freedom.

9. The Civil War Divided America

10. The Missouri Compromise said NEW states above
36’ 30’ would not have slavery and states under that line would be allowed to have slaves. This map has slave states marked in red.
Use this map to show how the issue of slavery was addressed in the Missiouri Compromise.

11. The President of the United States of America, elected in 1860, was Abraham Lincoln.

12. Division Between North and South
Prior to the election of 1860, there was massive disunity in the USA.
The North was less dependent on slavery due to an industrial economy.
The South asserted they needed slavery due to having an agrarian economy dependent on harvesting crops.
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13. Division leads to Secession
The South feared the federal government would attempt to overpower the state governments and eventually abolish slavery.
After Lincoln was elected, South Carolina was the first state to leave the union by seceding in December of 1860.
The other Southern states soon joined them and formed the Confederate States.
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14. Modern Day USA
Use this as a modern day reference of the USA. Then, compare it to what happened when the Confederacy was formed.

15. The Confederate States are marked in red
The Confederate States are marked in red. Border States, choosing to be neutral, are marked with lines.
Use this map to show the geographic location of the Confederacy and Border States.

16. The President of the Divided States
On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President.
Lincoln came at night to D.C. for the protection of his safety. He claimed there would be no conflict unless the South provoked the North to fight.
The President did not initially take office to destroy slavery. His abolitionist sentiment developed and evolved over time.
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17. Why can’t the South just leave?
The national debt was jointly held by the states. If the South left, the North would be left with all the debt.
The South provided crops and other goods for the factories of the North.
The South made money off other nations by selling cotton. The North would lose this revenue for taxes and other economic purposes.
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18. Union and Confederate Forces Clash
On April 12, 1861, South Carolina attempted to take Fort Sumter in Charleston. Yet, the North controlled this fort. The fighting started over this fortress.
The Northern Union had many advantages in the Civil War. They had more people (called the law of attrition), industrialization, and better railroads.
The Southern advantages included “home field advantage” in their region, skilled arms men, talented generals, and the profitable cash crop of cotton.
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19. The Battle for Fort Sumter was NOT a dramatic start to the war
The Battle for Fort Sumter was NOT a dramatic start to the war. There were zero Union casualties and only one casualty for the Confederates.
A depiction of the attack on Fort Sumter.

20. And, one horse died as well. This was not dramatic start to the war…

21. The Northern Battle Plan
FIRST, the North wanted to blockade Southern ports to deprive the South of outside goods and profitable trade.
SECOND, the Union wanted to control the Mississippi River to “split the South” and control the trade and travel of the body of water.
THIRD, the North wanted to capture Richmond, VA, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America.
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22. Depicted below is the so called “Anaconda Plan” to cut off the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern Sea Ports.

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