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 Think waaayy back to last class period. Re- create the “scale” of Union & Confederate advantages to the best of your ability.  Once you have recreated.

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1  Think waaayy back to last class period. Re- create the “scale” of Union & Confederate advantages to the best of your ability.  Once you have recreated the scale, explain which side had the greatest advantage going into the war, and why.

2  Recall as much as you possibly can about what we talked about last period and write it down.  Once you have remembered all you can, go back into your notes and fill in your recollections with main topics or key events that you missed.

3 “Across Five Aprils”

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5  North: Abraham Lincoln - Military Leaders - Gen. Irwin McDowell - Gen. George B. McClellan - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman  South: Jefferson Davis - Military Leaders - Gen. Robert E. Lee - Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

6  South - Survive until the North tires - Union expected quick victory  North - Anaconda Plan (Gen. Winfield Scott) 1. Blockade Southern ports 2. Capture the Miss. & divide the South 3. Squeeze until South surrenders

7  April 1861: Ft. Sumter  July 1861: 1 st Battle of Bull Run - Realized war wouldn’t be quick & easy  Sept. 1862: Antietam - Bloodiest day of the war  Jan. 1863: Emancipation Proclamation - “Freed” slaves in areas of rebellion only - Re-defined the purpose of the war

8  May-July 1863: Vicksburg - Grant secures the Mississippi River - Phase 2 of Anaconda Plan complete  July 1863: Gettysburg - Bloodiest battle of the war - 3 days: 50,000+ casualties - Turning point: 1/3 of Lee’s army is lost - Gettysburg Address: refocuses warGettysburg Address

9  Fall 1864: Sherman’s March to the Sea - Gen. Sherman wages total war - Destroys infrastructure (railroads, etc.) - Destroys resources (crops, homes, etc.) - Goal: kill South’s desire to fight  April 9, 1865: Appomattox Courthouse - Grant surrounds Lee, forces surrender  April 14, 1865: Lincoln Assassinated - John Wilkes Booth: attempt to re-start fight - Actual impact?

10 Map of Union and Confederate states, including major battles and campaigns

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