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Causes of the Civil War? The Union and Confederacy in 1861.

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3 Causes of the Civil War?

4 The Union and Confederacy in 1861

5 Rating the North & the South

6 Railroad Lines 1860 Railroad Lines 1860

7 Resources: North & the South

8 Men Present for Duty

9 Immigrants as a % of a State’s Population in 1860

10 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

11 Mobilizing for War - Union 2 million + served Food & Supplies no problem Business organization & transportation a huge advantage! Enrollment Act 1863 –Substitution –Commutation - $300

12 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?

13 Political Leadership in Wartime Need for Government Power Copperheads Radicals Nature of Confederacy

14 Advantages of Each Side NorthSouth

15 Causes of Each Side NorthSouth

16 Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda” Plan Overview of Civil War Strategy: “Anaconda Plan”

17 Lincoln Secures the Border States MarylandDelawareKentuckyMissouri West Virginia - 1863 Habeas Corpus Ex Parte Merryman 1861

18 Significant Civil War Events

19 Battle of Bull Run (1 st Manassas), July, 1861 Significance?

20 The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac (Virginia) Significance? For South? For Naval Power?

21 Civil War Diplomacy France & England Commerce Raiders –CSS Alabama –Laird Rams The Trent Affair Emancipation

22 Battle of Antietam September 1862 Significance?

23 War in the East: 1861-1862

24 Slavery & The War Is the war about slavery? “Contrabands” Confiscation Acts The Border States –Compensated Emancipation? Emancipation Proclamation

25 Emancipation in 1863 Effects???

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27 The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg

28 The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

29 Gettysburg Casualties

30 Sherman’s March through Georgia to the Sea, 1864

31 Presidential Election of 1864

32 The Progress of War: 1861-1865

33 Key Civil War Battles Ft. Sumter 1861 First Manassas (Bull Run) 1861 Antietam 1862 –Emancipation Gettysburg 1863 Vicksburg 1863 Atlanta 1864

34 African-Americans in Civil War Battles

35 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

36 End of the War - 1865 April 9 – Appomattox Court House April 14

37 Casualties on Both Sides

38 Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

39 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

40 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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