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Section 1- Resources,
Strategies, and Early Battles
 How
did the economies of the
North and South differ?
 Population
 Industry
 Coal
supported war
and iron mines
 West-
gold and silver
 Union
had factories to produce
ammo, guns, uniforms, med
supplies, RR cars
 Move
RR
troops and material on
 Navy-
250 warships plus more
under construction
 South
had no navy, vulnerable
to blockade
 Est.
gov’t with good leaders
 Fight
for survival
 Believe
 “The
in the cause
War of Northern
Aggression”
 Strong
leaders- Robert E. Lee
 Did
not need to conquer the
North
 Home
field advantage/
defensive war
 The
North had to defend D.C.
 Only
the Potomac River
separated Confederacy from
the US capital
 Preserve
 Erode
 Win
small army
the Union will to fight
recognition from France
and GB
 Trade
with GB and France
 South
needs textiles
 GB
and Fr. need cotton
 Confederates
want military aid
from GB and France
 Gen.
Winfield Scott
 Anaconda
Plan- blockade
Southern ports to starve South
of income and supplies
 Drive
south along MS River
 Union
control of MS would
split the Confederacy in 2
 What
is a border state?
 Border
states- allow slavery
but have not joined the
Confederacy.
 Missouri,
Maryland
 Union
Kentucky, Delaware,
wants to prevent their
secession
 Felt
he had no right to free the
slaves, nor did he want to
 Only
goal: save the Union
 Outcome:
to Union
kept border states loyal
 July
1861- battle outside D.C.
2
armies met at a creek called
Bull Run
 Stonewall
Jackson makes a
stand against the Union
 South
 War
wins, Union retreats
would not be quick
 Lincoln
calls for more troops
and places George McClellan
in charge
 Feb.
1862- MS valley part of the
Anaconda Plan
 Captures
 Boost
 Drove
Ft. Henry and Donelson
Northern morale
Confederates from western
KY and TN
 April
2
1862- SW Tenn.
day battle
 25,000
Confederate and Union
soldiers wounded or dead
 Damaged Grant’s rep
 David
Farragut captures New
Orleans
 Farragut
and Grant attempt to
capture Vicksburg, MS
 Both
are stopped by Confederates
 1862-
Confederates march up Rio
Grande to force Union out of SW
 Defeated
at Glorieta Pass
 Confederate
destroyed
supply chain
9, 1862- Monitor
battles against the Virginia
 March
 Who
do you think has the edge
in the Civil War so far?
 How
do you think that slaves
in the North and South reacted
to the Civil War?
 McClellan
plans drive on
Richmond (Confederate capital)
 Lincoln
wants him to act
 Peninsular
Campaign- sail across
the Chesapeake, march on
Richmond
 June
26-July 2
 Union
repelled by Lee’s forces
 McClellan
retreats to D.C.
 Lincoln
replaces McClellan with
Ambrose Burnside
 Stonewall
 South
outmaneuvers Union
crushes North
 Lincoln
reinstates McClellan