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CIVIL WAR CAUSE AND EFFECT REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
When
November,
1860
Cause
Lincoln is elected
president
April, 1861
CSA bombards
Union held Fort
Sumter in South
Carolina which had
seceded from the
Union
July, 1861
CSA wins the 1st
Battle of Bull Run
March, 1862
USA and CSA
utilize new
technology in the
Battle of the
Ironclads
September,
1862
Battle of Antietam
ends with no clear
winner
Effect
When
January, 1863
Cause
Emancipation
Proclamation Lincoln issues the
Emancipation
Proclamation
declaring all slaves
in the CSA are free
May-July 4,
1863
Siege of Vicksburg
– After 6 weeks of
Grant shelling the
CSA stronghold of
Vicksburg, the
Union gains control
of Vicksburg.
July 4, 1863
Battle of
Gettysburg – Lee
and the CSA retreat
from Gettysburg
after being defeated
in the 3 day battle.
November,
1863
Gettysburg Address
- Lincoln delivers
the Gettysburg
Address at the
dedication of the
cemetery for all of
the soldiers who
had given their
lives at the battle.
SeptemberDecember,
1864
Sherman’s March –
Sherman launches a
Total War
campaign
destroying much of
Georgia on his
march from Atlanta
to Savannah.
Effect
When
April, 1865
April, 1865
Cause
Siege of Petersburg
– Grant and the
Union Army attack
the city of
Petersburg which
was the gateway to
the CSA capital of
Richmond. After
the Union is
victorious at
Petersburg, they
marched into
Richmond.
Surrender at
Appomattox – On
April 9, 1865,
General Lee
surrendered to
General Grant.
April, 1865
Assassination of
Lincoln – John
Wilkes Booth, a
CSA sympathizer,
assassinated the
president while he
attended a play in
Washington, D.C.
Throughout
War
New military
technology such as
the repeating rifle,
Gatling gun,
canister shot,
medical technology,
etc.
Effect
Word Bank – you must copy the entire answer into the box or cut and
paste / tape them onto the graphic organizer.
The battle comes to a draw, but it is the first
such battle in history.
Naval warfare is forever changed.
Southern states secede fearing that Lincoln
will eliminate slavery.
Lee’s army suffers heavy losses from which it
never recovers. It is the turning point of the
war.
A new goal is introduced in the war. Opens the
way for African Americans to enlist; first step
towards the abolition of slavery. England and
France do not support the CSA since this
becomes a war over slavery.
Union gains complete control of the
Mississippi River, important step in
completing the Anaconda Plan.
An expected Union victory becomes a CSA
route and politicians realize it will be a long
and bloody conflict.
The Civil War begins and both sides prepare
for war.
Destroys much of South’s economy by
burning down farmland and destroying much
of the South crushing the spirit of the
Southerners.
Speech dedicates a new cemetery and declares
a “new birth of freedom” further making the
end of slavery an important goal of the war.
The Union claims victory on the bloodiest day
of the war. Lee retreats back to the South.
Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation
changing the course of the war.
The CSA collapses and the army is on the
retreat. The capital city is set ablaze and the
Confederate government flees.
Ends the Civil War: over 600,000 casualties
Slavery will come to an end
We are now one country again
More Americans are killed in the Civil War
than in all of the other US wars combined.
Andrew Johnson is sworn in as President. The
nation mourns Lincoln’s death.