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The Civil War- Part II
Strategies for Victory, Early Battles and The Emancipation Proclamation
No Easy Victory
What strategies did each side adopt to win the war?
How did early encounters dispel hopes for a quick end to the war?
What victories did the Confederates achieve?
What victories did the Union achieve?
Strategies for Winning the War
Union plans
1. Use the ______________ to ___________________________ southern _______________.
2. In the _____________, seize the Confederate ______________________—Richmond, Virginia.
3. In the ___________, seize control of the ___________________________River. This would
keep the Confederates from using the river to ___________troops, and it would also separate
Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana from the rest of the _______________________________.
Confederate plans
1. Fight a ______________________war until _________________________tired of fighting and
________________.
2. Use ___________________________ money and _______________________________ to help
fight the war. Southerners expected ______________________________________ to
recognize the Confederacy as an ______________________________________nation.
Early Encounters End Hopes for A Quick End to War
Battle of Bull Run
1. 1st Union _________________________ on the
_________________________________________ in July of 1861.
2. The Confederates, led by Gen. Thomas “_____________________________________” Jackson,
won the battle.
3. This battle showed each side that they needed ___________________________________.
4. It also showed that the war would be ______________ and ___________________________.
Naval Action
1. The Union blockade on Southern ports _______________ the South.
2. Therefore, the South created an ____________________________ ship called the
______________________________ to attack the Union navy.
3. In response, the North created an ironclad ship called the ______________________________.
4. Ironclad ships changed naval warfare _____________________________!
Antietam
1. The Confederate General _________________________________ decided to attack the Union
in ___________________________, on ____________________ soil, in September of 1862.
2. Over 23,000 Union and Confederate troops were __________________________ or wounded.
A Promise of Freedom
What was Lincoln’s primary goal in the war?
What were the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln’s Goal in the War
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the
slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do
that.”
- Abraham Lincoln
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln decided to _________________________________, or free,
______________________________ African Americans living in the
____________________________________. On January 1, 1863, he issued the
___________________________________________________________, the formal declaration that
freed slaves in the Confederacy, but not in ______________________ states that
________________________________ with the _______________________________ or in
__________________________________ lands that had been _________________________ ______by
the Union.
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
1. ___________________________________________ would
______________________________ the Confederacy’s ability to carry on the ______________.
2. He hoped to introduce the idea of emancipation _____________________________, by
limiting it to territory _________________________________ by the
______________________________________.
3. He expected to introduce the idea of emancipation in other areas _______________________.
What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have?
1. The declaration changed the _________________________ of the war. Now, Union troops
were fighting to _______________slavery as well as to save the ________________________.
2. Southerners were ________________________. They saw the declaration as a
“____________________________” to _________________________________their
______________________________.
3. ______________________________ were ___________________________________ to the
proclamation. Now they were less likely to side with the ______________________________.
Slavery: Lincoln’s Dilemma
1. The Civil War began as a war to ___________ the Union, _____to end __________________.
2. Lincoln was afraid that if he _____________________________ slavery, it would
____________________ the four _________________________________states in the
____________________________. (DE, MD, KY, and MO)
3. Therefore, Lincoln decided to free enslaved African Americans in the
_____________________________________ states only.