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Please write the following questions in your notebook. Which side had the advantage in terms of industrial production? What do these data suggest about the eventual outcome of the war?
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0 5 10 15 20 25 Population in millions Population North vs. South North South Total Population Eligible for Military Industrial Workers 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
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Military Strength North vs. South Naval Ship Tonnage 25 to 1 Iron Production 15 to 1 Firearms Production 32 to 1 North South
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The Civil War Begins 1860-1865 Confederates (South) vs. Yankees or Union (North)
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The Union and Confederacy Yes, they are slave states, but stay with the Union
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1860: Abraham Lincoln Elected President of U.S. ◊Dec. 1860: Southern States secede from the Union Both N and S begin recruiting and training their Armies
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Fort Sumter Confederate troops began seizing Federal Forts and arsenals 03/1861: Only four remained in Union control 04/1861: Confederate troops attack and take Fort Sumter (Charleston, SC)
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An Uneven Match? The North (Union): more people more factories more food more railroads A strong Navy The South (Confederacy) : ● King Cotton = Money? ● Well-trained Generals- West Point graduates! ● highly motivated soldiers
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The Union’s Plan Blockade Southern ports = no trade Split South into 2 parts along the Mississippi Riv. = divide & conquer Capture Confederate capital at Richmond, VA = always go for the capital!
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The Union’s Plan
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Bull Run 06/1861 First real battle Confederates win under Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson Confederates thought the war was over…
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In the West … Yankee Gen. Ulysses S. Grant led forces in the west. By June of 1862, Grant took control of most of Mississippi River
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Naval Cmdr. Farragut Takes New Orleans 08/1862 Cmdr. Farragut commanded Union naval fleet. Took New Orleans via the Gulf of Mexico to help secure the Mississippi R. Why was control of the Mississippi Riv. so important?
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New Orleans o Shiloh Ft. Henry Ft. Donelson Ft. Henry Feb. 1862 Grant - NORTH Ft. Donelson Feb.1862 Grant - NORTH Shiloh April 1862 Grant - NORTH New Orleans April 1862 Farragut - NORTH (Vicksburg ) Grant Mississippi Farragut
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Antietam, MD (not far from Washington D.C.) 09/17/1862 - McLellan’s (Union) army beat Robert E. Lee’s army (Confederate). Bloodiest single-day battle in American history Lincoln “fires” McLellan for not pursuing Confederates
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26,000 dead at Antietam
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Bull Run July 1861 - Stonewall Jackson - SOUTH Seven Days’ June-July 1861- McClellan vs. Lee - SOUTH Manassas Aug. 1862 - Robert E. Lee - SOUTH Seven Days’ Antieta m Bull Run Manassa s Antietam Sept. 1862 - McClellan vs. Lee - NORTH Fredericksbur g Fredericksburg Dec. 1862 Robert E. Lee - SOUTH
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The Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863) Didn’t feel he could end slavery (no Pres. Powers) Freed slaves as a war tactic (confiscating supplies / property) Applied only to slaves behind enemy lines gave the war a moral purpose How was the Emancipation Proclamation a part of Lincoln’s military strategy?
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