1. Daily Quiz – 3/23
What idea did Southern states use to justify secession?
Jacksonian Democracy
Crittenden Compromise
States’ Rights
Slavery doctrine
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
John C. Breckenridge
Stephen Douglas

2. Comparing Union and Confederacy

3. Population
Significance: More people = more soldiers and more workers

4. Transportation
Significance: Allows for goods and people to move faster

5. Wealth
Significance: More Money = ability to spend more on war

6. Factories
Significance: More industry = more war supplies

7. Motivation
Significance: Motivation is what inspires soldiers to fight

8. Government Leadership
Significance: Government is responsible for fighting the war

9. Military Leadership
Significance: Great military leaders can overcome disadvantages

10. Knowledge of Land
Significance: soldiers/leaders who knew the land better were better able to fight/defend it

11. Objective of War
Significance: the harder the objective, the harder it is to win the war
Union: Invade the South and force them to reenter the Union.
Confederacy: Defend their land and remain free of the Union

12. Who has the advantage?
Based on each sides advantages, who has the upper hand in the war?

13. First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
First battle of the Civil War
In Northern Virginia
Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson held his ground “like a stone wall” and pushed the Union back forcing them to retreat
Significance: North shocked and realized the war would be long and difficult

14. Reflection
How do the Union and Confederacy differ? Who do you think has the advantage? Why?