1. USH (3:1) ● The Election of 1860 ● Democrats split over slavery issue ● “Republican Party” is formed, nominate Abraham Lincoln – Formed as an anti-slavery party ● Southern states start to secede (leave) – December, 1860: South Carolina leaves the Union – Six more States secede by February, 1861 ● The 16 th President: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

2. (3:1) ● Crittenden's Compromise ● Slavery would be protected where it already existed

3. (3:1) ● The Confederate States of America (CSA) ● 1861 ● All the southern states that left the Union ● Elected Jefferson Davis as president

4. (3:1) ● The Confederacy South Carolina – Mississippi – Florida – Alabama – Georgia – Louisiana – Texas – Virginia – Arkansas – North Carolina – Tennessee

5. (3:1) ● The Union 1. California 2. Connecticut 3. Delaware * 4. Illinois 5. Indiana 6. Iowa 7. Kansas 8. Kentucky * 9. Maryland * 10. Massachusetts 11. Michigan 12. Minnesota 13. Missouri * 14. Nevada (became a state in 1864) 15. New hampshire 16. New Jersey 17. New York 18. Ohio 19. Oregon 20. Pennsylvania 21. Rhode Island 22. Vermont 23. West Virginia * (split off from Virginia in 1863) 24. Wisconsin

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7. ● “The Border States” ● Remained neutral during the Civil War ● Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia (1863) and Missouri ● All five states had slavery ● All five states benefited from the strong northern economy

8. (3:1) ● First shots of the Civil War ● Fort Sumter – Union garrison in Charleston, S.C.

9. (3:1) ● Comparing resources

10. (3:1) ● The First Modern War ● Volunteer armies ● Cone-shaped bullet (replaced musket balls) ● Rifles with grooved barrels ● Fighting in trenches and using barricades ● First use by Americans of shrapnel and land mines ● Modern technology plus outdated military methods

11. (3:1) ● Strategies ● South – 'hit and run' (attack and retreat) – “Attrition”: wear the enemy and their resources down ● North – “Anaconda Plan”: separate the South through blockades