Differences between the North and south

NORTH (UNION) SOUTH (CONFEDERACY) POLITICAL BELIEVES IN STRENGTH OF THE FEDERAL (CENTRAL) GOVERNMENT BELIEVES IN STATES RIGHTS

NORTH (UNION) SOUTH (CONFEDERACY) SOCIAL LARGE CITIES (URBAN) AGAINST SLAVERY MORE MODERN (HAVE MORE TECHNOLOGY, RAILROADS, FACTORIES) SMALL FARM TOWNS (RURAL) FOR SLAVERY, BUT MAJORITY DO NOT OWN THEM TRADITIONAL (LITTLE TECHNOLOGY, NO INVESTMENT IN RAILROADS) MILITARY SCHOOL AN IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH

NORTH (UNION) SOUTH (CONFEDERACY) ECONOMIC ECONOMY IS BASED ON MANUFACTURING MOST JOBS ARE IN FACTORIES BENEFITS FROM CHEAP COTTON OF THE SOUTH ECONOMY IS BASED ON AGRICULTURE (ESPECIALLY COTTON) MOST JOBS ARE IN FARMING FARMING IS CHEAP DUE TO SLAVE LABOR

Civil War A. Southern States secede starting in December of 1860 Because of Lincoln’s election

B. Advantages/Disadvantages 1. Union More men, technology, manufactured war materials 2. Confederacy Better military leaders, knew their own land, had a purpose for fighting

Questions… Name a major political difference between the North and South. Name a major economic difference between the North and South. Which side do you think had the better advantage in the war? Why?

G. Effects of the emancipation proclamation: Lincoln’s plan freed the slaves in the rebellious south but not the Border states; creation of the 54th Massachusetts (first all black regiment).

H. Surrender at Appomattox Court House: Lee surrenders to Grant in Virginia.

I. Results of the War: Power of the national government strengthened* - no more threat of secession. Destruction of the South* - Gen. Sherman’s “March to the Sea” where he destroys plantations, towns, railroads and burns Atlanta to the ground. End of slavery* - allows for the 13th amendment to be passed and ratified.

1. Robert E. Lee commander of the Confederate Army.

2. Ulysses S. Grant winning commander of the Union Army.

3. William Sherman led the Atlanta campaign to destroy Confederate resources and demoralize the people of the South. Known as Sherman’s March to the Sea.

4. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Confederate general who turned back the union army at the first Battle of Bull Run/Manassas.

5. Abraham Lincoln President of the United States

6. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America