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1 THE CIVIL WAR THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

2 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?

3 THE SECESSION CRISIS

4 1860 Election Results 1860 Election Results

5 Election of 1860: Popular Vote Percentages

6 Secession: The Lower South secession “fire-eaters” Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis

7 Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

8 TWO SOCIETIES AT WAR

9 The Divided Nation Lincoln by Alexander Gardner, 1861

10 Confederate States of America Official Flags 1865 1861-1863 1863-1865

11 Jefferson Davis, President, CSA

12 Comparing the North & the South

13 Resources : North vs. South

14 Railroad Lines, 1860

15 Overview of Civil War Strategy “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy “Anaconda” Plan

16 THE WAR IN THE EAST 1861-1862

17 Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861

18 The Battle of the Ironclads, M arch, 1862 N-Monitor vs. S-Merrimac N-Monitor vs. S-Merrimac

19 USS Monitor Deck and Turret

20 The War in the East: 1861-1862

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22 Union General Ambrose Burnside Squirrel tails on my face!

23 DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS

24 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

25 FROM GETTYSBURG TO APPOMATTOX 1 863- 1 865

26 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)

27 Seige of Vicksburg

28 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

29 Lincoln at Gettysburg

30 The War in the South, 1863-1865 William T. Sherman Atlanta (Sept. 1864) “March to the Sea” Union General William T. Sherman

31 Ruined railway near Atlanta, destroyed by Sherman’s troops

32 Richmond, VA April 1865 After Burning by Union Forces

33 Surrender Lee’s Surrender, Appomattox Court House ( April 9, 1865) McClain House, Appomattox C.H., April 1865

34 War Deaths

35 Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

36 Casualties on Both Sides

37 IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE CIVIL WAR POLITICALECONOMICSOCIAL


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