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CPUSH (Unit 6, #1)
Name _________________________________
Date ____________________ Pd _________
Outbreak of the Civil War
I. The Outbreak of the Civil War
A. Abraham Lincoln’s __________________ in 1860, was the first step towards the outbreak of the ____________________
1. South Carolinians feared the victory of a _______________________ president would bring an end to ____________
& seceded from the United States
2. By early 1861, _____ Southern states seceded & formed the _____________________________________________;
The entire Deep South seceded by Feb 1861
3. The _________________________ did not view Lincoln’s election as a death sentence & did not secede immediately
B. The Confederate States of America (CSA) vs the United States of America (USA)
1. The constitution of the Confederacy: (a) Protected _____________ & _____________________; (b) Outlawed tariffs;
(c) Created a _____________ national government; (d) Elected _________________________________ as president
2. Lincoln viewed Southern secession as illegal & promised to “____________________________________________”
C. Fort Sumter, South Carolina (1861)
1. In April 1861, federal soldiers refused Confederate demands to vacate at _______________________________ in SC
2. When Lincoln sent aid to soldiers, Confederates _______________ on the fort
3. The firing on Fort Sumter proved to be the _____________________________ of the Civil War
4. After Fort Sumter, the upper South states ______________________________ & joined the CSA
5. Not all ________________________ seceded; Those that stayed in the Union were called “_______________ states”
II. Advantages & Disadvantages of the North and South During the Civil War
A. Union
1. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the North had lots of advantages
a. Larger ______________________________ for troops
b. Greater ______________________________ capacity
c. Huge edge in _________________________________________
2. Problem for the North:
a. Had to ___________________________ the South to win
b. Difficult to maintain enthusiasm & ______________________________ for war over time
B. Confederacy ‘
1. Although outnumbered & less industrial, South had advantages:
a. President Davis knew that they did not have to “____________” the war; the South only had to ________________
the fight & make the North quit
b. Had the best _____________________________________
c. _________________ & _______________ appeared more willing to support the South (“King Cotton” diplomacy)
Proposed Military Strategy
Directions: Based on the advantages & disadvantages of each side, create a military strategy to help the North &
South win the Civil War.
North
South
Advantages of the Union & Confederacy during the Civil War
Directions: For each document, identify whether the evidence reveals a military advantage for the Union or the Confederacy. If the
document reveals a Union advantage, put nothing in the Confederacy box and write down at least one fact that summarizes the key idea
in the Union box. In addition, identify one way this advantage would help the Union during the Civil War. The process is the same if the
document reveals an advantage for the Confederacy.
Union Advantages
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Confederate Advantages
Document #1
Union Commanders
Nathaniel Banks
Confederate Commanders
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experiences?
No
N/A
None
Yes
32
Mexican-American War
PGT Beauregard
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
Yes
18
Mexican-American War
No
N/A
None
“Stonewall” Jackson
James Curtis
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
Yes
27
Mexican-American War
Joseph Johnston
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
John C. Fremont
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
No
N/A
None
Yes
21
Mexican-American War
Robert E Lee
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
Yes
2
Mexican-American War
Yes
23
Mexican-American War
Yes
17
Mexican-American War
Earl Pemberton
Don Buell
Ambrose Burnside
Benjamin Butler
Ulysses S. Grant
George McClellan
Irvin McDowell
John Pope
Braxton Bragg
Albert Johnston
John Magruder
Leonidas Polk
Nathan B Forrest
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
West Point Graduate?
Class Rank?
Military Experience?
Yes
2
Mexican-American War
Yes
5
Seminole War;
Mexican-American War
Yes
17
Mexican-American War
Yes
8
Blackhawk War,
Texas Revolution,
Mexican-American War
Yes
13
Seminole War
Mexican-American War
Yes
2
Mexican-American War
Yes
15
Seminole War
Mexican-American War
Yes
27
Mexican-American War
Yes
8
None
No
N/A
None
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North South
Proportion of nation’s
farm acreage
65
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