1. War Erupts The Secession of the Southern States quickly led to armed conflict between the North and the South

2. Key Terms and Key Figures Key Terms  Fort Sumter  Border State  King Cotton  Anaconda Plan  Blockade  First Battle of Bull Run Key People  Robert E. Lee

3. Where were you at 4:30am??  After the Secession of the South the Union Tried to Hold on to Fort Sumter  As Lincoln tried to Resupply Fort Sumter, the Confederacy decided to attack the supply ships and weaken the Union  When the South Fired shots at the supply ships the WAR had begun

4. Like Rats off a sinking Chip!  As Lincoln called out 75000 Militiamen to attack the Confederacy, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas would join the Confederacy  As those states joined the confederacy, their citizens would begin to join the Confederate Army  When Virginia Joined the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee Joined the Confederate Army though he disagreed with their Beliefs

5. If at FIRST you don’t secede….  After Virginia joined the Confederacy, the Border States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri became more important to the Union  Lincoln Kept Maryland by arresting secessionists, protecting Washington DC  After a Confederate invasion Kentucky stayed in the Union providing important waterways  Missouri and Delaware stayed with the Union as West Virginia broke away from Virginia and joined the Union

6. Strengths and Weaknesses NORTH  More Soldiers (22 Million)  More Factories (85%)  Double the Railroad Mileage  Better Navy  Abraham Lincoln as Leader South  Less Soldiers (9 Million)  Better Generals  Defensive War  Longer Supply Lines for the North  More to Fight For

7. Here’s what we gonna do! Northern Strategy  Under the Anaconda Plan the Union wanted to kill the Southern Economy  By Capturing the Mississippi river and forming a Blockade, the Union hoped to split the south  The Plan would take time to work, and Lincoln ordered an invasion of Virginia Southern Strategy  The South fought a defensive war hoping to tire out the North  The South wanted to use King Cotton to gain European Support but Europe stayed out of the war  The South would soon look to take the offensive side of the war to wreck the North

8. Southern Hospitality  Looking to take Richmond Virginia, Union forces attacked Manassas at the First Battle of Bull Run  Led By Stonewall Jackson, the south held off the North until more troops arrived and battled back the North under a rebel yell  The South would win the First Battle of Bull Run and force the North to call in a 500,000 man army

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