1. Aim: How did the early years of the Civil War prove that the conflict would be long and bloody? Do now: Secession and Civil War worksheet

2. 1860 ELECTION RESULTS 1860 ELECTION RESULTS Based on the election results, why do you think the South felt they had to secede?

3. SECESSION!: SC  DEC. 20, 1860

4. THE LOWER SOUTH SECEDES

5. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (CSA) Jefferson Davis FORMED FEBRUARY 1861

6. LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS MARCH 4, 1861

7. ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER APRIL 12, 1861 ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER APRIL 12, 1861 “We will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors.” CONFEDERATE FLAG RAISED AFTER THE BATTLE

8. THE UPPER SOUTH SECEDES

9. THE WAR BEGINS Border states KY, MO, MD, DE Maryland – suspension of habeas corpus, declaration of martial law Kansas (1861) – entered the Union free West Virginia (1861) Seceded from Virginia joined Union in 1863 Why were the border states vital to Union victory? Why did Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware remain in the Union even though they had slaves?

10. THE UNION & THE CONFEDERACY IN 1861 THE UNION & THE CONFEDERACY IN 1861

11. RATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTH

13. IMMIGRANTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF A STATE’S POPULATION IN 1860

16. North Goal: Restore the Union Anaconda Plan – General Winfield Scott Blockade Split Confederacy in two South Defensive - War of attrition Attack when weakness spotted Cotton diplomacy STRATEGY

17. FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1 ST MANASSAS) JULY, 1861