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Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg.

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1 Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman’s March to the Sea.

2 Chapter 10-5 and Chapter 11

3  Advantages  Larger population  Easier to raise an army  Easier to support the war effort  Industries and factories  Railroads  Controlled national treasury  Issued Greenbacks (inflation small 80%)  Strong naval tradition  Most of the navy is from the north  Shipyards are located in the north.  Disadvantages  Military is not as strong

4  Advantages  Producing food  Strong military tradition  7 military colleges were located in the South  Disadvantages  Smaller population  South has one factory  Distributing food  Lacked Railroads  Lacked money to pay for the war  Raised money by taxing trade until blockade  Taxed people directly  Printed paper money, high inflation (9,000%)

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6  Defensive War of Attrition  Pick battles carefully  Attack and retreat when needed  Avoid large battles  Make the Union use its resources until it became tired of the war and agreed to negotiate

7  Winfield Scott’s plan  Named after Anaconda: Slowly strangles its prey to death  Union blockade Southern ports  Send gunboats down the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy  South would run out of resources and surrender

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9  16 th President of the US  Elected in 1860: reason the South seceded from the Union  President during the Civil War  Lawyer From Illinois  Tried to run for a Senate seat in 1858, lost to Stephen Douglas  Republican

10  President of the Confederacy during the Civil War  Senator from Mississippi

11  General in the US Army  At first he was the commander in the west  Because of his abilities/winning in the west, Lincoln promoted him to overall commander of all the US troops

12  General in Confederate Army  From Virginia  Was reluctant to join CSA, but said if his state left the Union, he must go with it.

13  Confederate military leader  Lee’s right hand man  Gets his nickname because he and his men stand like a stonewall ready to fight  Dies at the Battle of Chancellorsville by his own men

14 Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

15  Union Military Leader  Sherman’s March to the Sea  60 miles wide of destruction through Georgia

16  Other Names for the Civil War  War Between the States  Other Names for the South  Confederacy  CSA/CS  Confederate States of America  Other Names for the North  United States of America  USA/US  Union

17  Started: April 12, 1861 (Fort Sumter)  Ended: April 9, 1865 (Appomattox Courthouse)

18 United States  21 states total  California  Oregon  Kansas  Iowa  Minnesota  Michigan  Ohio  Indiana  Illinois  Wisconsin  West Virginia  Pennsylvania  Delaware  New Jersey  New York  Rhode Island  Massachusetts  New Hampshire  Vermont  Maine  Connecticut Border States  3 states total  Missouri  Kentucky  Maryland Confederate States  11 states total  Texas  Alabama  Arkansas  Mississippi  Georgia  Louisiana  Tennessee  North Carolina  South Carolina  Florida  Virginia

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24  Lincoln thought Delaware was safe.  He worried about Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.  If Maryland seceded from the Union, then Washington D. C. would be surrounded by the Confederacy.  Lincoln takes military control of Maryland.

25  Kentucky decided to remain neutral.  Lincoln says he will leave Kentucky alone as long as the Confederacy does.  Eventually, the Confederacy will occupy Kentucky.  The invasion angered the Kentucky legislature. They vote against the Confederacy.  Some voted to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy.  Missouri voted to stay with the Union.  Must have military occupation to keep Missouri with the Union.


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