1. The Nation Divided

2. Bull Run: The First Major Battle

3. That day, sightseers followed the Union troops.

4. “There stands Jackson like a stone wall!”
General Thomas Jackson
Depiction of Jackson at the battle of Bull Run

5. Bull Run or Manassas Junction?
Northerners named battles by using the names of nearby creeks.
Southerners named battles by using the names of nearby towns.

6. The selection of men who must serve in the military
draft
The selection of men who must serve in the military

7. Both sides believed they could win.
Confederate Strengths
Union Strengths
Southerners were more skilled at shooting, hunting, and riding
Planned a defensive war (fighting on land you know to save your home)
Strong military tradition (7 of 8 military schools in the South)
Twice the population of the South (more troops and more money)
80 percent of all factories were in the North
Most of the railroads were in the North

8. The Anaconda Plan
First, Northern ships would cut off, or blockade, Southern seaports.
No help from Europe
Second, the North would take control of the Mississippi River.
Divide the South

9. total war
To wage war on the economic system, as well as the civilians, of the other side

10. New Technologies