2. Civil War Pregame Show

3. The Civil War 1861 - 1865 BorderStates (Slave states who remained loyal to the Union)

4. The Union 1.Major Leaders 2.Main Goal in Fighting 3.Strategies 4.Advantages 5.Disadvantages

5. MAJOR LEADERS President of the United States

6. President Abraham Lincoln

7. Ulysses S. Grant General of Union troops in West Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5

8. George McClellan General of Union troops in the East Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4

9. OTHER MAJOR GENERALS William Tecumseh Sherman Philip Sheridan Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5 Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4

10. NORTH’S REASON FOR FIGHTING PRESERVE THE UNION!! (aka get the south back!)

11. STRATEGIES TO WIN “The Anaconda Plan” 1. INVADE THE SOUTH

12. 2. Capture the Capital (Richmond VA)

13. 3) BLOCKADE SOUTHERN PORTS

14. UNION ADVANTAGES

15. INDUSTRIES

16. RAILROADS

17. BETTER NAVY

18. MORE PEOPLE!

19. DISADVANTAGES 1.M ust invade to win 2.P oorly trained troops

20. The Confederacy 1.Major Leaders 2.Reason for fighting 3.Strategy 4.Advantages 5.Disadvantages

21. President Jefferson Davis

22. General Robert E. Lee Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5

23. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Cool Beard O’ Meter: 7

24. OTHER GENERALS P.T. Beauregard James Longstreet Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4 Cool Beard O’ Meter: 9!!!

25. REASON FOR FIGHTING Fighting for their Independence!Fighting for their Independence!

26. STRATEGY FOR WINNING 1)Wear down the North 2)The South doesn’t have to win, they just don’t have to lose!

27. CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES

28. HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE

29. 2) Better Troops & Generals Cool Beard O’ Meter: 10!!!

30. 3) They are fighting for a cause: their independence

31. DISADVANTAGES 1) few factories 2) very little railroads 3) weak central government 4) small population for troops

32. CRQ 1)According to the chart in which area did the north have the greatest advantage? 2)Which advantage would provide northerners with an easy method of transportation 3)How would that advantage help the north during a war?