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War Erupts
The Secession of the Southern States quickly
led to armed conflict between the North and
the South
Key Terms and Key Figures
Key Terms
 Fort Sumter
 Border State
 King Cotton
 Anaconda Plan
 Blockade
 First Battle of Bull
Run
Key People
 Robert E. Lee
Where were you at 4:30am??
 After the Secession of the South the Union Tried
to Hold on to Fort Sumter
 As Lincoln tried to Resupply Fort Sumter, the
Confederacy decided to attack the supply ships
and weaken the Union
 When the South Fired shots at the supply ships
the WAR had begun
Like Rats off a sinking Chip!
 As Lincoln called out 75000 Militiamen to attack the
Confederacy, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Arkansas would join the Confederacy
 As those states joined the confederacy, their citizens
would begin to join the Confederate Army
 When Virginia Joined the Confederacy, Robert E. Lee
Joined the Confederate Army though he disagreed with
their Beliefs
If at FIRST you don’t secede….
 After Virginia joined the Confederacy, the Border States of
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri became more
important to the Union
 Lincoln Kept Maryland by arresting secessionists,
protecting Washington DC
 After a Confederate invasion Kentucky stayed in the Union
providing important waterways
 Missouri and Delaware stayed with the Union as West
Virginia broke away from Virginia and joined the Union
Strengths and Weaknesses
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NORTH
More Soldiers (22 Million)
More Factories (85%)
Double the Railroad
Mileage
Better Navy
Abraham Lincoln as
Leader
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South
Less Soldiers (9 Million)
Better Generals
Defensive War
Longer Supply Lines for
the North
More to Fight For
Here’s what we gonna do!
Northern Strategy
 Under the Anaconda Plan the
Union wanted to kill the
Southern Economy
Southern Strategy
 The South fought a defensive
war hoping to tire out the
North
 By Capturing the Mississippi
 The South wanted to use King
 The Plan would take time to
 The South would soon look to
river and forming a Blockade,
the Union hoped to split the
south
work, and Lincoln ordered an
invasion of Virginia
Cotton to gain European
Support but Europe stayed out
of the war
take the offensive side of the
war to wreck the North
Southern Hospitality
 Looking to take Richmond Virginia, Union forces
attacked Manassas at the First Battle of Bull Run
 Led By Stonewall Jackson, the south held off the
North until more troops arrived and battled back
the North under a rebel yell
 The South would win the First Battle of Bull Run
and force the North to call in a 500,000 man
army
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