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Chap 16 Sec 1 Notes War Erupts First Shots at Fort Sumter • Southern states take over most federal forts within their borders • Federal troops hold ___________, harbor of Charleston, South Carolina • Abraham Lincoln decides to send ____________ to Fort Sumter • Confederates _______ fort before supplies arrive, start Civil War • U.S. troops defend fort for ___ hours, then ____________ Lincoln Calls Out the Militia • President Lincoln asks states for ____________ to put down uprising • In the upper South, state leaders refuse request • Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas join _______________ • Volunteers rush to enlist in both ________ and ______________ • Confederate capital is moved to _______________, Virginia (May, 1861) • ___________________ becomes commanding general of Northern Virginia Choosing Sides • Border states—____________________________________________ • Include Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri • Maryland stays in ________, keeps Washington D.C. within the Union • Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware stay in Union • Western counties, Virginia break away, form Union state, West Virginia • ____ states make up the Union, _____ states join the Confederacy Strengths and Weaknesses • North has 22 million __________, South has ___________ people • 85 percent of nation’s ___________ located in the North • North has more __________ mileage, all the naval power, shipyards • Union has great leader, President __________________ Continued Strengths and Weaknesses • Confederacy has able __________________ • Union supply lines will have to _____________ to invade the South • Confederates defending homes, have more ___________ than invaders The Confederate Strategy • Confederacy takes ________ position, does not want to conquer North • Uses _______________ to win foreign support, withholds cotton exports • Hopes to force Britain, ___________ to aid the Confederates • Europeans have cotton ______________, don’t want to get involved • South becomes ___________, tries for big victories to demoralize North The Union Strategy • North develops offensive strategy • General Winfield Scott’s _______________—smother the South’s economy • Use naval _________________of South’s coastline • Blockade— ______________________, people into or out of an area • Gain control of the Mississippi River, _______Confederacy in two • Scott’s plan takes time, Lincoln decides to invade Virginia (1861) Battle of Bull Run • Confederates defeat Union troops at ______________________ (1861) • Victory thrills South, North has underestimated their opponent • Lincoln sends militia home, calls for real army of __________ volunteers