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Cleaning up the battlefield dead Preview: Why do you think the photographer took this photo? (purpose) What is the value? (What does it teach us about the war?)
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Who is most likely to win the Civil War?
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Because of the Civil War, modern embalming is invented 2% of the American population would die in the Civil War That’s like wiping the Highlands off the Denver map Or, over 6 million Americans today Bloodiest war in American history African Americans made up <1% of the northern population By the war’s end, AA’s made up 10% of the Union Army. A total of 180,000 black men, more than 85% of those eligible, enlisted. At Cold Harbor, Va., 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes (350/minute, 6/second).
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After the election of Lincoln Southern states start to secede (leave) the Union Call themselves the Confederate States of America By the time Lincoln is sworn in 7 states had seceded Confederacy attack on Ft. Sumter in S. C. causes 4 more states to secede Virginia was important 4 Slave states stay loyal. Why? Both sides gear up for what they think will be a short war
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UNION ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES Directions: Arrange the sheets on your table, using the evidence in the charts and graphs.
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ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES Larger population=more soldiers/larger tax base More miles of railroad/telegraph lines More factories: supplies More food crops/horses/cattle Large powerful navy Reason to fight? Fought on enemy’s soil Poor leadership
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ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES Reason to fight: they saw it as a 2 nd Revolution Excellent leadership: Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Stonewall Jackson Knew the territory Almost no navy Poorly supplied Very few factories/resources
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Based on the evidence you have just seen, Arrange the list of advantages and disadvantages accordingly. Union, or Confederate? Remember, you just saw this data presented to you in the PowerPoint and you even practiced organizing them with your desk partner.
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Based on the evidence you have seen, Predict who will win the Civil War. Union, or Confederate? Remember, topic sentences cue the reader into what you are writing about They also usually give some details Hint: Check out your cause-effect sentence stems on your desk sheet!
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