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THE CIVIL WAR THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
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GUIDING QUESTIONS How did the Union win the war? How did the Union win the war? How did the Civil War change the United States politically, socially and economically? How did the Civil War change the United States politically, socially and economically?
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THE SECESSION CRISIS
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1860 Election Results 1860 Election Results
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Election of 1860: Popular Vote Percentages
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Secession: The Lower South secession “fire-eaters” Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis
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Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861
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TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR
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The Divided Nation Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, 1861
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Confederate States of America Official Flags 1865 1861-1863 1863-1865
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Jefferson Davis, President, CSA
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Comparing the North & the South
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Resources : North vs. South
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Overview of Civil War Strategy “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy “Anaconda” Plan
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THE WAR IN THE EAST 1861-1862
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Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861
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The Battle of the Ironclads, M arch, 1862 N-Monitor vs. S-Merrimac N-Monitor vs. S-Merrimac
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USS Monitor Deck and Turret
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The War in the East: 1861-1862
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Union General Ambrose Burnside Squirrel tails on my face!
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DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS
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New York Draft Riots - Battle in Second Avenue (Collection of Picture Research Consultants & Archives) Social Unrest Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. New York City Draft Riots (Gangs of New York) (July 1863) Recruiting station, New York City
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FROM GETTYSBURG TO APPOMATTOX 1 863- 1 865
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Civil War in the West General Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant Shiloh Shiloh New Orleans New Orleans Admiral David Farragut Admiral David Farragut Vicksburg (May 19-July 4, 1863)
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Seige of Vicksburg
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Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 Decisive Battle of the War Largest Battle ever in U.S.- 172,000 troops (97,000 in Union Army of the Potomac; 75,000 Conf. Army of N. Va.) Most casualties of any battle (51,000 combined) 569 tons of ammunition Over 5,000 dead horses
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Lincoln at Gettysburg
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The War in the South, 1863-1865 William T. Sherman Atlanta (Sept. 1864) “March to the Sea” Union General William T. Sherman
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Ruined railway near Atlanta, destroyed by Sherman’s troops
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Richmond, VA April 1865 After Burning by Union Forces
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Surrender Lee’s Surrender, Appomattox Court House ( April 9, 1865) McClain House, Appomattox C.H., April 1865
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War Deaths
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Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
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Casualties on Both Sides
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IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR POLITICALECONOMICSOCIAL
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