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Objective 3.03
Identify political and military turning
points of the Civil War and assess their
significance to the outcome of the
conflict.
Northern Strengths
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Industry
Farm Land
Population
Shipping
Standard Gauge Railroad
Telegraph
Southern Strengths
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Defending their homes
Military Leadership
Fighting for a Cause
Cotton
Northern Weaknesses
• Lack of a Cause
• Military Leadership
Northern Strategy
• Anaconda Plan
– Blockade the Southern Coast
– Divide the South along the Mississippi River
– Take Richmond
Southern Strategy
• Defend their territory
• King Cotton- Gain the support of Great
Britain
• Take Washington D.C.
• Speed up the war as much as possible
– Antietam
– Gettysburg
Tactics
• Napoleonic Tactics
– Massive Groups of People out in the open
– Outflank the enemy
– Defend the High Ground
– Semi-Circle
Technology
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Repeating Weapons
Exploding Shells
Long Range Weapons
Iron Clad Ships
Submarine- Hunley
First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Junction
First major battle of
the Civil War,
spectators from
Washington D.C.
packed picnic
lunches and came
to the battle field to
witness the historic
event
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
One of the most famous Generals in the Southern Army,
known for riding his horse with his hand raised, favorite fruit
was lemons, gained his nickname during the Battle of Bull
Run, When he died Robert E. Lee said that he had lost his
right arm
George McClellan
1st Commander of the Potomac fired by
Abraham Lincoln because he refused to
fight until the Army was completely ready to
fight.
Anaconda Plan
Northern War plan to squeeze the life out of the
South included: blockade of Southern ports,
taking control of the Mississippi, and capturing
the capital at Richmond
Antietam
Bloodiest one day battle of the
War, Emancipation
Proclamation was enacted after
this battle
Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by President Lincoln to free the
slaves in “states in rebellion”, attempt to
keep Great Britain from supporting the south
Vicksburg
Turning Point in the War in the West,
gave the Union control of the
Mississippi River and made
Ulysses S. Grant a national hero
Ulysses S. Grant
Commander of the Army of the Potomac,
promoted after the Battle of Vicksburg,
eventually would become President of the
US
Robert E. Lee
Commander of the Confederate Army in the
East- Army of Virginia
Gettysburg
Turning Point of the War in the East, battle
was in Pennsylvania, last aggressive
Confederate attack into the North, July of
1863
Gettysburg Address
Speech dedicating the cemetery at Gettysburg
Writ of Habeas Corpus
First amendment rights, rights were
restricted during the Civil War
Election of 1864
President Lincoln wins re-election against
General McClellan, means that the war will
continue until completion
Copperheads
Northern politicians that were against the
war effort
William Tecumseh Sherman’s
“March to the Sea”
March from Tennessee to South Carolina, 100 mile
wide path of destruction for the purpose of
breaking the back of the south
Appomattox Courthouse
Site of the surrender of the Southern Army, Robert
E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant
African American Participation
• African Americans
served on both
sides during the
war mainly as
cooks, grave
diggers and
teamsters. By the
end of the war
African Americans
were enlisted to
fight.
John Wilkes Booth
Assassinated President Lincoln, famous actor,
Confederate spy