1. Section 1- Resources, Strategies, and Early Battles
Chapter 11
Section 1- Resources, Strategies, and Early Battles

2. QOTD
How did the economies of the North and South differ?

4. Union Advantages Population Industry supported war Coal and iron mines
West- gold and silver

5. Union Advantages
Union had factories to produce ammo, guns, uniforms, med supplies, RR cars
Move troops and material on RR

6. Union Advantages Navy- 250 warships plus more under construction
South had no navy, vulnerable to blockade
Est. gov’t with good leaders

8. Confederate Advantages
Fight for survival
Believe in the cause
“The War of Northern Aggression”

9. Confederate Advantages
Strong leaders- Robert E. Lee
Did not need to conquer the North
Home field advantage/ defensive war

11. Confederate Advantages
The North had to defend D.C.
Only the Potomac River separated Confederacy from the US capital

12. Confederate Strategies
Preserve small army
Erode the Union will to fight
Win recognition from France and GB

13. Confederate Strategies
Trade with GB and France
South needs textiles
GB and Fr. need cotton
Confederates want military aid from GB and France

14. Union Strategies Gen. Winfield Scott
Anaconda Plan- blockade Southern ports to starve South of income and supplies
Drive south along MS River

16. Union Advantages
Union control of MS would split the Confederacy in 2

17. QOTD
What is a border state?

18. Lincoln Avoids the Slavery Issue
Border states- allow slavery but have not joined the Confederacy.
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland
Union wants to prevent their secession

19. Lincoln Avoids the Slavery Issue
Felt he had no right to free the slaves, nor did he want to
Only goal: save the Union
Outcome: kept border states loyal to Union

20. Bull Run/Manassas July 1861- battle outside D.C.
2 armies met at a creek called Bull Run
Stonewall Jackson makes a stand against the Union

21. Bull Run/ Manassas South wins, Union retreats War would not be quick
Lincoln calls for more troops and places George McClellan in charge

23. U.S. Grant and Tennessee
Feb MS valley part of the Anaconda Plan
Captures Ft. Henry and Donelson
Boost Northern morale
Drove Confederates from western KY and TN

24. Shiloh April 1862- SW Tenn. 2 day battle
25,000 Confederate and Union soldiers wounded or dead
Damaged Grant’s rep

26. The Union captures New Orleans
David Farragut captures New Orleans
Farragut and Grant attempt to capture Vicksburg, MS
Both are stopped by Confederates

27. Fighting in the Southwest
1862- Confederates march up Rio Grande to force Union out of SW
Defeated at Glorieta Pass
Confederate supply chain destroyed

28. Naval Warfare
March 9, Monitor battles against the Virginia

30. Text Me
Who do you think has the edge in the Civil War so far?

31. QOTD
How do you think that slaves in the North and South reacted to the Civil War?

32. Fighting in the East
McClellan plans drive on Richmond (Confederate capital)
Lincoln wants him to act
Peninsular Campaign- sail across the Chesapeake, march on Richmond

33. The Seven Days June 26-July 2 Union repelled by Lee’s forces
McClellan retreats to D.C.

34. Second Battle of Bull Run
Lincoln replaces McClellan with Ambrose Burnside
Stonewall outmaneuvers Union
South crushes North
Lincoln reinstates McClellan