Name: Roger YangDate: 3/15/11

Period:6th

Civil War Data

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

Beginning the War

North 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

South Strengths• 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

Beginning The War

North Weakness• 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

South Weaknesses• 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

Population in Millions

millions0

5

10

15

20

2523

9

Union confrderate Linear (confrderate)

How many more people lived in Union states than in Confederate states?

Land Area

Series10

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.52.25

0.75

Union Confederate

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

Industrial Production

Man

ufactu

ring P

lants

Iron Pro

duction

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90% 84%

71%

16%

29%

union

Column3

Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater manufacturing and iron production?

Miles of Railroad Track

Miles0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,00022,000

9,000

UnionConfederate

About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?

Finances

Money In Banks Bank Asset0

50,000,000

100,000,000

150,000,000

200,000,000

250,000,000

300,000,000

350,000,000

400,000,000

189,000,000

346,000,000

47,000,00076,000,000

Unionconfederate

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

Map

Leaders of the Civil War

The Union President Jefferson Davis Joseph E. Johnston General Thomas

“Stonewall” Jackson General Robert E. Lee General George Pickett

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

Presidents

Union- Abraham Lincoln Confederate-Jefferson Davis

Troops

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5

10

15

20

25

20

8

UnionConfederate

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

1st Battle of Bull Run

Summary and Outcome

Union Irvin McDowell Confederate Pierre Beauregard Joseph Johnston Thomas “Stonewall”

Jackson

Leaders 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

Battle of Antietam

Summary and Outcome September 17 1862- 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

Leaders McClellan Robert E. Lee

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

Battle of Gettysburg

Summary and Outcome

• July 1-3 1863 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania day 1

• Confederate army pushed union back

• Both got reinforcement day 3

• Confederate attacked union, union helped them off & confederate retreated

Leaders• George Meade • Robert E Lee • George Rickets

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

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Summary and Outcome• 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

Leaders• General William Sherman• General Joseph Johnston

Surrender at Appomattox

Summary and Outcome 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

Leaders Union William Sherman Ulysses Grant Confederate Robert E Lee

War Casualties

Thousands0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

300

240

Union Confederate

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

The Five Costliest Battles of the Civil War

deaths0

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

51,112

34,624 35,732

27,399

20,160

GettysburgChickamaugaChancellorsvilleSpotsylvaniaAntietam

About how many total people were killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and Antietam?

Effects of the Civil War

1) The Civil War had deep and long-lasting effects

2) 620,000 American lost their lives during the four years of fighting

3) The south would end slavery there4) The majority former slaves, however they

had no homes or jobs