1. Cleaning up the battlefield dead Preview:  Why do you think the photographer took this photo? (purpose)  What is the value? (What does it teach us about the war?)

2. Who is most likely to win the Civil War?

3.  Because of the Civil War, modern embalming is invented  2% of the American population would die in the Civil War That’s like wiping the Highlands off the Denver map Or, over 6 million Americans today Bloodiest war in American history  African Americans made up <1% of the northern population By the war’s end, AA’s made up 10% of the Union Army.  A total of 180,000 black men, more than 85% of those eligible, enlisted.  At Cold Harbor, Va., 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes (350/minute, 6/second).

5.  After the election of Lincoln Southern states start to secede (leave) the Union Call themselves the Confederate States of America  By the time Lincoln is sworn in 7 states had seceded Confederacy attack on Ft. Sumter in S. C. causes 4 more states to secede  Virginia was important 4 Slave states stay loyal. Why?  Both sides gear up for what they think will be a short war

6. UNION ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES  Directions: Arrange the sheets on your table, using the evidence in the charts and graphs.

7. ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES  Larger population=more soldiers/larger tax base  More miles of railroad/telegraph lines  More factories: supplies  More food crops/horses/cattle  Large powerful navy  Reason to fight?  Fought on enemy’s soil  Poor leadership

8. ADVANTAGESDISADVANTAGES  Reason to fight: they saw it as a 2 nd Revolution  Excellent leadership: Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, Stonewall Jackson  Knew the territory  Almost no navy  Poorly supplied  Very few factories/resources

9.  Based on the evidence you have just seen, Arrange the list of advantages and disadvantages accordingly. Union, or Confederate?  Remember, you just saw this data presented to you in the PowerPoint and you even practiced organizing them with your desk partner.

10.  Based on the evidence you have seen, Predict who will win the Civil War.  Union, or Confederate?  Remember, topic sentences cue the reader into what you are writing about They also usually give some details  Hint: Check out your cause-effect sentence stems on your desk sheet!