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North vs. South
AKS/GPS Content Standard/s:
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and
Reconstruction on Georgia.
A. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam,
Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade
of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the
Sea, and Andersonville.
Essential Questions
AKS/GPS Content Standard/s:
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and
Reconstruction on Georgia.
1. Analyze the events spiraled together to led Southern States into
Succession.
2. Compare and contrast how the North and South were different at the
start of the Civil War.
Look at the following pictures. Write
down differences that you see between
the North and South.
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North
South
North
• 22 Million People
• About 11 million
people were of age and
could to enlist in the
Army.
• The Northern Army
allowed African
Americans to fight in
the war.
South
• 9 Million People
• 1/3 Slaves who were
not allowed to fight in
the war.
• 1/3 were women,
children, and the
elderly.
• Only about 3 million
people were able to
join the army.
Population
North
• 22,000 miles of railway.
• Railway was built to
move heavy industrial
products.
• Most railways connected
to major cities.
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•
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•
South
9,000 miles of railway.
Railway was built to
move cotton and
agricultural products.
Rails were not designed
to move heavy products.
Most railway only
connected southern
towns.
Transportation
North
• The north had a
diversified industry
to make a variety of
war supplies.
• The North did not
have to buy from
foreign companies
they could make the
supplies using their
factories.
South
• The south had
textile mills and
were not built to
make a variety of
war supplies.
• War supplies had to
be bought from
foreign countries
and imported into
Southern States.
Resources
Let’s Vote…
Who has the advantage going
into the war?
Commanders
• President Lincoln appoints
• President Lincoln then
Robert E Lee commander of
appoints George
the Union army but he did
McClelland as the General
not accept this position.
of the Union Army.
• He had the reputation of
being the best general in the • After the terrible loss at
entire army but his loyalty
Antietam he is demoted
was in the South.
and Ulysses S. Grant will
• He will become the
then become the General
commander of the
of the Union Army.
Confederate Army instead.
Northern War Strategy
Anaconda Plan
The Union decided to blockade all
Confederate ports so that the South
could not get supplies from foreign
countries.
The north also decided to capture the
Mississippi River and split the South in
half.
Capture the Confederate capital –
Richmond, VA.
The South's war strategy was known as King Cotton
Diplomacy. King Cotton Diplomacy had two parts:
• 1. Defense-every time the north invaded the south they would
defend and push them back. By doing this the North will get
tired of always loosing and will stop fighting.
• 2. Great Britain and France need and want the South's cotton.
Because of this the South decided to ally with France and Great
Britain. They expected that France and Great Britain would
help them gain their independence from the United States
Southern War Strategy
King Cotton Diplomacy
• When the Civil War started
the Union Army wanted to
blockade all southern ports.
• This would obstruct trade,
prevent the south from
selling their cotton, and
prevent them from importing
needed war equipment and
supplies from foreign
nations.
Union Blockade
• Blockade runners
were small
independent ships that
would smuggle
supplies into the south
and through the union
Blockade.
• Nine out of every ten
ships made it through
the Union blockade.
The North’s Plan does not work!
• Blockade running was big
money. Each shipment the
south paid $5,000.00 and the
captains could make
$3,500.00 for every shipment.
• The price of goods smuggled
were greatly inflated. A bag of
salt that could be sold for
$5.00 before the war was
being sold for $1,200.00
during the Civil War.
Blockade Running
• Great Britain and France
were abolitionists as well
and wanted to end slavery.
• France and Great Britain
did not want to get
involved in this war so
they began buying cotton
from Egypt rather than the
Confederate States.
• The Confederate States
have no market to sell their
cotton.
The South’s Plan does not work!
Misconceptions…
• Both sides thought the
Civil War would be over
quickly with little blood
shed!
• They were WRONG!
• It lasted for 4 years
• 600,000 soldiers died
• 400,000 soldiers were
wounded
Extension
Assignment
Directions: Use your notes from class and create a vocabulary
matching or fill in the blank quiz for the following terms.
Robert E. Lee
Anaconda Plan
Iron Clads
Blockade Runners
King Cotton Diplomacy
Blockade
Ulysses S. Grant