Mrs. Katie Ross Cape Fear High School. TLW analyze events leading to the Civil War by completing interactive notes and writing a letter.

Mrs. Katie Ross

Cape Fear High School

TLW analyze events leading to the Civil War by completing interactive notes and writing a letter.

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Title: “Who has the advantage”

North South

Who Has the Advantage?Place each statement in the appropriate column – North or South?

Slavery is necessaryFew RailroadsIndustrialExcellent Military leadersFederal PowerUnionLarge CitiesState PowerConfederacy9 million people22 million people

Agricultural90% of the nations factoriesFavored TariffsOpposed TariffsRuralMore experienced with gunsVery few factoriesWeaker leadershipTwice as many railroadsSlavery is evil

Who has the Advantage?

1. Who do you think will have an advantage in the war based on the items on the chart?

2. What is the North’s biggest advantage?

3. What is the South’s biggest advantage?

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Election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln WINS!

*Republican = opposes the expansion of

slavery into the territories

**The South feels threatened by Lincoln’s election – they worried he would abolish slavery.

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South Carolina secedes in response to Lincolns election (Dec. 20, 1860)

Immediate cause of the Civil War = Election of Lincoln!

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“Confederate States of America” – formed Feb. 1861

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Confederacy President Jefferson Davis

GRAY/CSAGRAY/CSA•Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America•President Jefferson DavisPresident Jefferson Davis•Capital: Richmond, VACapital: Richmond, VA

•Rebs------Rebels---”Johnny Rebs”Rebs------Rebels---”Johnny Rebs”•Secessh-------SeccessionSecessh-------Seccession

•GraycoatsGraycoats•Yellow belliesYellow bellies

Flags: North/South

BLUE/USABLUE/USA•United States of America United States of America

or Unionor Union•President Abraham LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln•Capital: Washington, D.C.Capital: Washington, D.C.

•Feds-----FederalFeds-----Federal•Yanks-----YankeesYanks-----Yankees

•BluebelliesBluebellies•Blue coatsBlue coats

When the Confederate States Confederate States of Americaof America was formed, its founders wrote a constitution similar to the United United States Constitution.States Constitution. Its differences, however, indicate how the South Wanted to change their structure of government.

CSA Constitution

MAIN MAIN DIFFERENCES:DIFFERENCES:

•State’s rights

•Tariffs are equal throughout the CSA

•Slavery is legal and is allowed to expand!

CSA Constitution

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Lincoln – inaugurated March, 1861# 1 Goal = “Preserve the Union”

*He wanted to keep the country together!

Lincoln wrote to the antislavery editor Horace Greeley in August 1862.

“If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the

slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I

would also do that.”

Regarding the Civil War, the London Times (November 7, 1861) editorialized

“The contest is really for empire on the side of the North and for

independence on that of the South, and in this respect we recognize an exact analogy between the North and the

Government of King George III, and the South the Thirteen

Revolted Provinces.”

Picture: Fort Sumter 1

Fort Sumter 2

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Fort Sumter, S.C. (Federal fort in S.C.)April 12, 1861

* Confederate forces bombarded and captured Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War! (The U.S. had run out of compromises)

*Leads 4 more states to secede (VA, Ark, TN & NC)- 11 Total Confederate states

Suspended “civil libertiescivil liberties” or parts of the Constitution writ of habeas corpus: Protects from

unfair arrest and trial by jury.Occupation of Baltimore: Controlled

by military---- “martial law”Arrested over 15,000 civilians:

Without “probable cause”---suspicious “Rebel” sympathizers.

Closed “rebel” newspapers: Violated 1st amendment rights of “free speech and press”.

First Income Tax Greenbacks

1st paper money

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Commander of the Confederate Army

(South)

General Robert E. Lee

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Commander of the Union Army

(North)

General

Ulysses S. Grant

Theater/Battles 1862

Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861

Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas), July, 1861

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Battle of Bull Run (Manassas, VA)

July 1861

* 1st major battle of the Civil War

* Confederate Leader = Stonewall Jackson

**** Reality check for the North – war will not be easy!****