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Civil War
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Civil War Begins
Abraham Lincoln wins presidential election
South Carolina Secedes (leaves U.S.)
Confederate States of America formed
Jefferson Davis becomes president of Confederate States
Lincol
n=NORTH
Davi
s=SOUTH
STRATEGIES ON BOTH SIDES
NORTH
• ANACONDA PLAN: Surround and
strangle the south until they
gave up
SOUTH
• Make the North come to them!
First My Ant Gets Very Much Angry
Fort Sumter: 1 Battle
Manassas: Run to save your ***; Bull run
Antietam: (Squish an ant; it’s bloody!) bloodiest one day battle. South invaded the
st
North: Led to Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg: Turning point where North begins to WIN: Gettysburg Address to
Union soldiers.
Vicksburg: Cuts off Mississippi to South
March to the Sea: Total destruction; made the south want war to end
Angry: Appomattox Court House; Lee surrenders to Grant
Important Documents
• Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address: Preserve union or go to war
• Davis’s First Inaugural Address: Secede or go to war; Based on
Declaration of Independence-right to alter or abolish a government
• Emancipation Proclamation 1862: Greater purpose to war to end
slavery in rebelling states; Prevent Europe from helping South; keep
border states; African American to fight for North (Eh Man) I’m Free!
Important Documents continued:
• Gettysburg Address 1863: Dedicate cemetery to Union soldiers who
had died. Give meaning; Democracy, Equality (GETon with
Equality)
• Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address: Sins of slavery; Blame the south
but need to mend (fix) wounds.
PEOPLE OF THE CIVIL WAR
• Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States: North
(Union)
• Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederate States: South
(Confederacy)
• Stonewall Jackson: Confederate Commander
• Robert E. Lee: Southern General
• Ulysses S. Grant: U.S. General (US Grant)
PEOPLE OF THE CIVIL WAR CONTINUED
• William Tecumseh Sherman: Union commander: March to
the Sea; Will, I am coming Georgia!
• William Carney: 1st African American Medal of Honor
• Phillip Bazaar: From Chile: 1st Hispanic American Medal of
Honor
• Clara Barton: American Red Cross: Angel of the Battlefield
• John Wilkes Booth: Assassinated Lincoln: “BOO for Killing
Lincoln”
NORTH V SOUTH PREPAREDNESS
NORTH
• Population; Railroads; Canals;
Roads; Factory and small farm
food; Navy
SOUTH
• Leadership with Robert E. Lee;
Fighting for a cause; North had
to invade
South
North