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Causes of the Civil War?
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The Union and Confederacy in 1861
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Rating the North & the South
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Railroad Lines 1860 Railroad Lines 1860
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Resources: North & the South
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Men Present for Duty
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Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860
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Mobilizing for War - CSA 800,000 served Conscription Act 1862 Substitutes, 20-Negro Law Military Supplies Tredegar Iron Works, Augusta Powder Works Food & Clothing Transportation Impressment Act 1863
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Mobilizing for War - Union 2 million + served Food & Supplies no problem Business organization & transportation a huge advantage! Enrollment Act 1863 –Substitution –Commutation - $300
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Financing the War Huge Money Needs Confederate property tax & Script Union Income Tax War Bonds Legal Tender Act –Greenbacks, Inflation National Bank Act 1863 Size & Power of Government?
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Political Leadership in Wartime Need for Government Power Copperheads Radicals Nature of Confederacy
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Advantages of Each Side NorthSouth
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Causes of Each Side NorthSouth
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Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda Plan”
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Lincoln Secures the Border States MarylandDelawareKentuckyMissouri West Virginia - 1863 Habeas Corpus Ex Parte Merryman 1861
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Significant Civil War Events
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Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861 Significance?
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The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac (Virginia) Significance? For South? For Naval Power?
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Civil War Diplomacy France & England Commerce Raiders –CSS Alabama –Laird Rams The Trent Affair Emancipation
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Battle of Antietam September 1862 Significance?
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War in the East: 1861-1862
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Slavery & The War Is the war about slavery? “Contrabands” Confiscation Acts The Border States –Compensated Emancipation? Emancipation Proclamation
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Emancipation in 1863 Effects???
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The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg
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The Road to Gettysburg: 1863
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Gettysburg Casualties
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Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864
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Presidential Election of 1864
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The Progress of War: 1861-1865
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Key Civil War Battles Ft. Sumter 1861 First Manassas (Bull Run) 1861 Antietam 1862 –Emancipation Gettysburg 1863 Vicksburg 1863 Atlanta 1864
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African-Americans in Civil War Battles
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Extensive Legislation Passed Without the South in Congress 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act 1861 – Morrill Tariff Act 1862 – Homestead Act 1862 – Legal Tender Act 1862 – Morrill Land Grant Act 1862 – Emancipation Proclamation 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act
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End of the War - 1865 April 9 – Appomattox Court House April 14
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Casualties on Both Sides
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Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
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Effects of War Political Change – Politics, civil liberties, Power of President – “A more perfect Union” – States Rights? Secession? – Republican Party – Democratic Party Economic Change – South – North – Taxes Social Change – Women – Draft – End of Slavery – 13 th Amendment
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What is next? What are the big issues facing Lincoln & the US government now that the war is over? Discuss with your group & make a “Top 3” list.
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