1. The War Begins

2. Definitions Border States:
States that bordered the North and did not secede
Cotton Diplomacy:
Confederate belief that Britain would support the South for Cotton

3. Lincoln Faces a Crisis Confederate officials started taking:
Federal Mints
Arms Storehouses
Forts

4. A Crisis Controlled the entrance to Charleston harbor: Fort Sumter
March 1861 federal troops were:
Running low on supplies

5. Fort Sumter South Carolina demanded: Union troops leave the fort
Union Commander:
Major Robert Anderson

6. Fort Sumter April 12th, 1861: Confederate guns fired on the fort
Who won:
Confederates

7. Choosing Sides Joined the Confederacy after Lincoln called for troops:
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Arkansas

8. Choosing Sides Confederate Capitol: Richmond, Virginia Border States:
Maryland
Delaware
Missouri
Kentucky

9. The Volunteer Spirit Union soldiers at the beginning: 16,000
In Border States:
Family members joined opposing sides
Dr. Elisabeth Blackwell:
Helped Lincoln form the U.S. Sanitary Commission

10. North VS South Northern Advantages: Larger Population
Northern Factories and Shipyards
Railroads
Money

11. North VS South Southern Advantages: Military tradition
Only need to defend itself (Defensive War)

12. North VS South Northern Strategy: Destroy the Southern Economy
Gain control of the Mississippi

13. North VS South Southern Strategy: Defend its territory
Take Washington D.C.
Southern strategy was to get:
Foreign help from the Cotton Diplomacy