1. Name: Roger Yang Date: 3/15/11 Period:6th
Civil War Data
Name: Roger Yang
Date: 3/15/11
Period:6th

2. Causes Of The Civil War
In November 1850 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the untied state.
In December 1860 Lincoln says as president, he will not interfere with slave, in the South and he will enforce the Fugitive Salves Laws, BUT he will not allow slavery to spread into any of the territories
In that December South Carolina senators are mad and vote to have South Carolina leave the union. Ten other southern states soon followed.
March 1861 Lincoln is sworn into office and officially becomes president of the “Not o united states” he decides all military forts belong to the US government no matter where they are North and South.
April 12, 1861 Angry Southerners in Charleston, South Carolina open
In Spring 1861 the civil war has begun

3. Beginning the War North Strengths South Strengths
22 million people strong
Had more states
Better technology
90% factories
Most of the bank = richer
Had more farm to provide food
Controlled the sea- Big Navy
21,000 miles of railroad
Transport supplies & troops is easy
Land had iron ,lopper ,coal ,and gold
Import guns & supplies from Europe
Long coastlines
Big & spread out land
Get to fight on own land
Military Generals, ex: Robert E. Lee
Could trade cotton for war supplies with Europe

4. Beginning The War North Weakness South Weaknesses
Military leadership weak
1/3 of Northern generals quit & weal back to the south
Waste time searching for good generals
Have to travel & attack the south
A million people
Unaware of attack
Mississippi could split the confederacy in 2
Economy could not support a long war
Few factories to produce gun & supplies

5. Population in Millions
How many more people lived in Union states than in Confederate states?

6. Land Area
About how many times more square miles of land did Union states have compared to Confederate states?

7. Industrial Production
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater manufacturing and iron production?

8. Miles of Railroad Track
About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?

9. Finances
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater financial resources?

10. Map

11. Leaders of the Civil War
The Union
The Confederacy
President Abraham Lincoln
General Winfield Scott
General Irvin McClellan
General George McClellan
Admiral David Farragut
General Ulysses S. Grant
General George Meade
General William Sherman
President Jefferson Davis
Joseph E. Johnston
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
General Robert E. Lee
General George Pickett

12. Presidents
Union- Abraham Lincoln
Confederate-Jefferson Davis

13. Troops
How many more troops did the Union states have than the Confederate states?

14. 1st Battle of Bull Run Summary and Outcome Leaders Union
Bull Run/Manassas July 1861
McDowell was sent to take confederate capital in Richmond, VA
Need to control RR Junction in Manassas Virginal
Confederate troops were waiting at Bull Run creek near
Union pushes passed creek
Confederate got back up
Confederate won 1st battle
North lost of a quick war
Union
Irvin McDowell
Confederate
Pierre Beauregard
Joseph Johnston
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

15. Battle of Antietam Summary and Outcome Leaders
September Battle of Antietam
Lee went into Maryland joined his side
Lee left his battle plan
North won
Bloodiest one day battle in the U.S History
McClellan
Robert E. Lee

16. Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation
At the heart of the bloody struggle were millions of enslaved African Americans
Abolition urged president Lincoln to free them

17. Battle of Gettysburg Summary and Outcome Leaders
July of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania day 1
Confederate army pushed union back
Both got reinforcement day 3
Confederate attacked union, union helped them off & confederate retreated
George Meade
Robert E Lee
George Rickets

18. Gettysburg Address
Union soldiers moved the confederate troops back toward Richmond
Grant plans to take the confederate capital
Try to keep the troops going and pumped up
Paused the Union soldiers and told his commitment to win the war
Lincoln makes space at new Gettysburg

19. Sherman’s March to the Sea
Summary and Outcome
Leaders
Spring 1862 December 1862
Sherman marched troops from Tennessee to Atlanta, George destroying everything into dust on the way
Captured Atlanta
Destroyed R.R farms, livestock, corps, factories along the way
Captured savannah but mad south very angry at the war tactics
General William Sherman
General Joseph Johnston

20. Surrender at Appomattox
Summary and Outcome
Leaders
April 9,1865
Union army had trapped confederate army
Union & Confederate Generals met in Appomattox courthouse
General Robert E Lee surrender to General Grant ending the war
Lee signs surrender document
Grant promise to take care of confederate army
Union
William Sherman
Ulysses Grant
Confederate
Robert E Lee

21. War Casualties Who had more war casualties, the North or the South?
How many more did they have?

22. The Five Costliest Battles of the Civil War
About how many total people were killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and Antietam?

23. Effects of the Civil War
The Civil War had deep and long-lasting effects
620,000 American lost their lives during the four years of fighting
The south would end slavery there
The majority former slaves, however they had no homes or jobs