1. Name: Bill Vue Date: 3/15/11 Period: 6 CIVIL WAR DATA

2. CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR In November 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States. In December 1860 Lincoln says, as President, he will not interfere with slavery in the South and he will enforce the Fugitive Slaves Laws, BUT he will not allow slavery to spread into any of the territories South Carolina senators are mad and vote to have South Carolina leave the Union. 10 other southern states soon followed and created the confederate states of America. Lincoln is sworn into office and officially becomes president of the “Not So united States” he decides all military forts belong to the U.S. government no matter where they are North or South The civil war has begun

3. Import guns and supplies from Europe Long coastline Big and spread out land Get to fight on own land Military generals Could trade cotton for war supplies with Europe 22 million people strong Had more states Better technology 90% factories Most of banks Had more farms to provides food Controlled sea-big navy 21,000 miles of railroad Transporting supplies and troops is easy Land hold iron, copper, coal, gold BEGINNING THE WAR North StrengthsSouth Strengths

4. 9 million people Unaware of attack Mississippi could split the confederacy in2 Economy couldn’t support a long war Few factories to produce guns and supplies Bad transportation Short incomplete railroads Weak money Military Leadership work 1/3 of northern generals quit and went back to south Waste time searching for goods general BEGINNING THE WAR North Weakness South Weaknesses

5. POPULATION IN MILLIONS How many more people lived in Union states than in Confederate states?

6. LAND AREA About how many times more square miles of land did Union states have compared to Confederate states?

7. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater manufacturing and iron production?

8. MILES OF RAILROAD TRACK About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?

9. FINANCES Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater financial resources?

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11. PRESIDENTS Union-Abraham Lincoln Confederate- Jefferson Davis

12. President Jefferson Davis Joseph E. Johnston General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson General Robert E. Lee General George Pickett President Abraham Lincoln General Winfield Scott General Irvin McDowell General George McClellan Admiral David Farragut General Ulysses S. Grant General George Meade General William Sherman LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR The UnionThe Confederacy

13. TROOPS How many more troops did the Union states have than the Confederate states?

14. Union Irvin/ McDowell in Richmond Confederate Pierre Beauregard Joseph Johnston Thomas “stonewall” Jackson Bull Run/ Manassas July 1861 McDowell was sent to take confederate captain Needed to control RR junction in Manassas, Virginia Confederate troops were waiting at Bull Run creek near Manassas Union pushed passed creek Confederate got back up Union and led Confederate won 1 st battle North lost hope of a quick victory 1 ST BATTLE OF BULL RUN Summary and Outcome Leaders

15. Union McClellan Confederate Robert E. Lee September, 17 1862- Battle of Antietam Lee went to Maryland Lee traveled to people, nobody joined his side Lee felt his battle plan North won One day 25,000 men killed BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Summary and OutcomeLeaders

16. EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION September 22, 1862- Emancipation Proclamation Lincoln wanted to free slaves Lincoln found emancipation, or the freeing slaves Lincoln fee slaves because they help them in the Civil War Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation Made Abolitionists very happy

17. Union George Meade Confederate Robert E. Lee George Pickett July 1-3 1863 Lee wanted to attacks so much that the North would lose and gain help from Europe Confederate forces gathered in a small town outside Gettysburg Lincoln soldiers air there Confederate sent BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Summary and Outcome Leaders

18. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS November 19, 1863 Lincoln makes speech at the new Gettysburg cemetery He praised union soldiers and told The union leader was Lincoln

19. Union William Sherman Winner Confederate Joseph Johnston Spring 1864- Dec.1864 Pain to destroy southern railroad and industries Capture Atlanta Move on to Savannah, GA Destroyed RR, forms,live stock SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA Summary and OutcomeLeaders

20. Union William Sherman Ulysses S. Grant Confederate Robert E. Lee April 9, 1865- Appomattox Court house Union and confederate generals met in Appomattox court house General Robert E. Lee surrender does Grant ending war Lee sign surrender does SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX Summary and Outcome Leaders

21. WAR CASUALTIES Who had more war casualties, the North or the South? How many more did they have?

22. THE FIVE COSTLIEST BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR About how many total people were killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and Antietam?

23. EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1)Almost 620,000 Americans lost their lives during the four years of fighting. 2)The majority of former slaves however had no homes or job. 3)The southern economy was in ruins. 4)The slavery end in the south.