Download Resources of the North and South

Bell Ringer!
• Take out your Douglass primary source
• With a partner, compare your answers to the
questions on the back
Bell Ringer!
• What is SECTIONALISM?
– Economic conditions and interests in each region vary,
each wanting things that are good only for their section
of the country
• Why did slavery expand in the South not the North?
– Climate and soil encouraged plantations
• What was the Seneca Falls Convention concerned with?
– Women’s rights
• How were Republicans and Free Soilers alike?
– Both wanted to stop the SPREAD of slavery
• What was Lincoln primary goal as President?
– Keep the UNION together
A NATION DIVIDED
1
(blue)
(yellow)
2
3
Put the following in correct order:
Which represents the Union? A) Civil War
Confederacy?
B) Lincoln’s Election
Border states?
C) Invention of cotton gin
What is a “border” state?
D) Increased use of slaves
(red)
North and South
What were the most important
advantages the North had?
UNION President
• Little experience
in politics or war
• Learned from his
mistakes - made
many
• Patient, strong
leader
• Accepted criticism
LINCOLN
AKA “Honest Abe”
UNION
GENERALS
CONFEDERATE President
DAVIS
AKA “
• Lots of military
experience
• Honest,
courageous
• Controlling,
frequently argued
w/ advisors
CONFEDERATE
GENERALS
Southern war strategy
Make the North
give up and
recognize the
independence
of the
Confederacy
Northern war strategy
• Lincoln goal is to preserve the Union
“Anaconda Plan” - to squeeze the Confederacy
UNION PLAN
3) Capture
Mississippi River
1) Blockade Southern
Ports
2) Seize Richmond, VA.
From Fort Sumter to Bull Run
Globe Trekker – Civil War
begin @ 12:00 – 26
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