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ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
• Write out THREE Union Advantages you think were most important
• Write out TWO Confederate Advantages you think were most important
• Which side had the overall advantage going into this war? Why?
*Copperhead- Northern Democrat who wanted peace with the South
Northern strategy: anaconda plan
• GOAL: Surround the Confederacy and squeeze into submission
Anaconda plan
• Capture Richmond, VA (their capital)
• Control Mississippi River
• Blockade Southern ports
• Rid confederates from border states
Southern strategy
• Defend homeland
• Hold onto as much territory as possible until
North is worn thin
• Capture DC and border states
CIVIL WAR FUN FACT
Robert e. lee first offered union position
• "I cannot raise my hand against my
birthplace, my home, my children."
Conscription- aka draft
• First issued by the Confederate States of America
• United States also issued a conscription further into the war
• Individuals could pay to escape enlistment and also find substitutes
• (only 6% actually served)
HABEUS CORPUS
• Definition: petition to seek relief from unlawful imprisonment
• Civil War Relation: Abraham Lincoln SUSPENDS
• THIS DURING THE WAR
• IYO Did Lincoln have this right?