1. North and South
The War Begins!

2. Union Larger population Better banking system and railroad network
Strenghts:
Weaknesees
Larger population
Better banking system and railroad network
Leadership of Lincoln
More industry, resources and ships
North would have to invade Support for secession in south

3. Confederacy Support of white population Knowledge of terrain
Strengths
Weaknesses
Support of white population
Knowledge of terrain
Military leadership
Smaller population
few factories and trains
Belief in states rights weakened central government

4. North’s Goal Bring southern states back into the Union
(Ending slavery was not a major northern goal at first)

5. Union’s plan for winning the war
North would blockade Southern port.
A. Prevent supplies from reaching the South
B. Prevent south from earning money by exporting cotton.

6. Gain control of the Mississippi River
A. Cut Southern supply lines and split the Confederacy
Capture Richmond, Virginia
(Confederate Capital)

7. South’s Goal
To win recognition as an independent nation.

8. South’s Plan (Defensive Strategy)
Defend homeland and hold as much territory until North becomes tired of fighting
Get France and Britain to put pressure on the North to end war to restore cotton supply

9. Sometimes went on offensive
(Threatened Washington D.C.)

10. Nurses
In the civil war, for the first time, thousands of women served.

11. Confederate Generals
Stonewall P.G.T. Beauregard
Jackson

12. Battles Bull Run Shiloh Vicksburg Antietam New Orleans Gettysburg
Fredericksburg Petersburg
Chancellorsville Mobile Bay

13. General Sherman March to the Sea (Savannah, GA) Burned Atlanta
Destroyed all of South’s life

14. Ulysses S. Grant/Robert E. Lee

15. Appomattox Courthouse

16. Result of the Civil War
Federal Government became more powerful than the state government.