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A B C D E X Z  Election of 1860  Secession  April 12, 1861 – General PGT Beauregard opened fire  Major Robert Anderson tried to hold fort but ran.

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2 A B C D E X Z

3  Election of 1860  Secession

4  April 12, 1861 – General PGT Beauregard opened fire  Major Robert Anderson tried to hold fort but ran out of supplies  Lincoln declared South in rebellion

5  VA, NC, TN & AK joined Confederacy  Borders States - between North & South  became very important to the North – DE, MD, WV, KY & MO

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7 Rating the North & the South

8 Railroad Lines, 1860

9 Resources: North & the South

10 Men Present for Duty in the Civil War

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12 1. More Railroads 2. More Factories 3. Balanced Economy 4. Larger Population 5. Functioning Gov’t.

13 1. More Trained Officers 2. Defensive Position 3. Preservation of Way of Life

14 The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

15 The Confederate “White House”

16 The Confederate Seal MOTTO  “With God As Our Vindicator”

17 The “Anaconda” Plan

18 Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant

19 Buy Your Way Out of Military Service

20 Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862

21 1. Bullet – long piece of metal w/ rounded end

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23 2. Rifling – spiral groove cut inside gun barrel

24 3. Shell – Exploding cannon ball

25 4. Canister – Shell filled w/ tiny lead balls

26 5. Ironclad Gunboats – steamship covered in iron plating

27  Draft – required military service  Suspended Writ of Habeas Corpus – right to a trial before imprisonment

28  Internal Revenue Act – tax on liquor, tobacco, medicine & paper  became Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

29  Created National Currency: Greenbacks

30  Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 – project to connect East & West w/ railroads

31 War in the East: 1861-1862

32 McClellan: I Can Do It All!

33  Emancipation Proclamation: all enslaved people in areas of open rebellion were freed

34 The Emancipation Proclamation

35 Emancipation in 1863

36 African-American Recruiting Poster

37 Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act

38  1 st African American Regiment  Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw  Most of the regiment was killed during attack on Fort Wagner

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41 The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg Vicksburg

42 The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

43 Gettysburg Casualties

44 The North Initiates the Draft, 1863

45 NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)

46 A “Pogrom” Against Blacks

47 Inflation in the South

48 Sherman’s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

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50 Rep. – Abraham Lincoln Dem. – George McClellan  Lincoln thought he would lose!  McClellan hated Lincoln!

51  Just before the election Sherman took Atlanta  This victory changed the country’s outlook  Lincoln won re-election

52 North  Point Lookout, MA  Camp Chase, OH  Fort Delaware

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54 South  Libby’s Prison, VA  Andersonville, Ga - 100 soldiers died a day - Commander guilty of war crimes

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57  TERRIBLE!  Docs did not sterilize equipment!  Went days w/out washing equipment!  High rates of infection

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64 Some tried to make changes: 1. Clara Barton – gave first aide to troops & started Red Cross 2. Dorothea Dix – Organized Union’s nursing corps

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66 NORTH  Flourished  Industry boomed  Women took jobs in factories SOUTH  Declined  Food Shortages  Still produced cotton & not food crops

67 Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865


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