1. Let’s look at the numbers… WarParticipantsDeaths in service American Revolution 290,0004,000 Civil War3,213,000620,000 World War I4,744,000116,000 World War II16,535,000420,000 Korean War6,807,00055,000 Vietnam War9,200,000109,000 *What – is the Civil War

2. What is a civil war? Union names for the war The Civil War The Southern Rebellion The War of Abolition The War Against Slavery Confederate names for the war The War for States’ Rights The War for Southern Independence The Yankee Invasion - a war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country

3. *Show 37 pages of battles on the walls

4. Questions for battles on walls 1.How many battles are on your page(s)? 2.How many battles did the Union win? How many battles did the Confederacy win? 3.How many “A” battles were there? “B” battles? “C” battles? “D” battles? 4.Name each state that had a battle. Tally how many battles in each of those states. 5.Label each state from #4 as the Eastern or Western Front. (Look at a map!) *Show 37 pages of battles on the walls

5. The Civil War consisted of nearly 10,500 battles, engagements, and other military actions including nearly 50 major battles and about 100 others that had major significance.

6. Plans The South’s plan was simple….defense, defense, defense! The North’s plan…the Anaconda Plan (Scott’s Great Snake)…wrap around the south and suffocate it like a snake! Seal off the coast with a naval blockade Protect the Union Capitol: Washington, D.C. Capture Confederate Capitol: Richmond, Virginia Conquer the Mississippi River Squeeze/Suffocate the South to submission

7. What is an anaconda? Who does the snake represent? What is the Great Snake doing in this image? Who is creating the blockade along the Confederate Coast? What was the purpose of this blockade? How did the Confederacy try to break or out maneuver the Union naval blockade? What is the snake’s tail wrapped around? Why?

11. Name ____________________________Date___________________ Pd. _______ The War Begins – Ft. Sumter; Ch. 16 sec. 1 The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Ft. Sumter, South Carolina. Although no one was killed there, the bloodiest war in the country’s history had begun.

14. Who: What: Where: When: Why: Results: Name ____________________________Date___________________ Pd. _______ The War Begins – Ft. Sumter; Ch. 16 sec. 1 Who’s flag is that waving above Ft. Sumter?