Vs. Adapted from PPTs developed from Susan Pojer

SOUTH:NORTH:  Primarily agrarian  Cotton was King! 57% of all the exports in the US  Very slow to industrialize  Few factories  Poor economy  Few railroad lines  Large slave Population  Primarily Industries & other businesses  Lots of factories  Lots of railroad lines  More people  Some slaves (border states)

Southern Agriculture

Rating the North & the South

Graniteville Textile Co. Founded in 1845, it was the South’s first attempt at industrialization in Richmond, VA

Railroad Lines, 1860

Resources: North & the South

Slave Auction: Charleston, SC-1856

Slave-Owning Families (1850)

The Culture of Slavery 1.Black Christianity [Baptists or Methodists]: * more emotional worship services. * negro spirituals. 2.“Pidgin” or Gullah languages. 3.Nuclear family with extended kin links, where possible. 4.Importance of music in their lives. [esp. spirituals].

 However, only 40% of the US population voted for him. Before he was even inaugurated, the South started to secede from the Union!  He was sworn in as our 16 th President on March 4, 1861.

Secession!: SC  Dec. 20, 1860

The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens

 Jefferson Davis was the 1 st & only President of the CSA. He was sworn in on February 18, 1861 in Montgomery, Alabama (the 1 st capital of the CSA).

The Union & Confederacy in 1861

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anacond a” Plan Overview of the North’s Civil War Strategy: “Anacond a” Plan

The “Anaconda” Plan

Lincoln’s Generals Irwin McDowell Winfield Scott George McClellan, Again! McClellan George McClellan Ambrose Burnside Joseph Hooker George Meade Ulysses S. Grant

The Confederate Generals Jeb Stuart James Longstreet George Pickett “Stonewall” Jackson Nathan Bedford Forrest Robert E. Lee

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

The Battle of the Ironclads, March, 1862 The Monitor vs. the Merrimac

War in the East:

Battle of Antietam “Bloodiest Single Day of the War” 23,000 casualties September 17, 1862

The Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation in 1863

African-American Recruiting Poster

The Famous 54 th Massachusetts

August Saint-Gaudens Memorial to Col. Robert Gould Shaw

African-Americans in Civil War Battles

The War in the West, 1863: Vicksburg Vicksburg

The Road to Gettysburg: 1863

Gettysburg Casualties

Inflation in the South

The Progress of War:

Sherman’ s “March to the Sea” through Georgia, 1864

1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)

Presidenti al Election Results: 1864

The Final Virginia Campaign:

Surrender at Appomattox April 9, 1865

Casualties on Both Sides

Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars

 After Lee’s surrender, was the war officially over?  There were still battles after the surrender.  Lee urged other Southerners to accept defeat.

Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)

The Assassin John Wilkes Booth

The Assassination

WANTED~~!!WANTED~~!!

Now He Belongs to the Ages!

The Execution

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 (1/1/1863) 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 (1/1/1863) 1863 – Pacific Railway Act 1863 – National Bank Act