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Civil War Pregame Show The Civil War 1861 - 1865 The Union 1.Major Leaders 2.Main Goal in Fighting 3.Strategies 4.Advantages 5.Disadvantages MAJOR LEADERS President of the United States President Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant General of Union troops in West Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5 George McClellan General of Union troops in the East Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4 OTHER MAJOR GENERALS William Tecumseh Sherman Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5 Philip Sheridan Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4 NORTH’S REASON FOR FIGHTING PRESERVE THE UNION!! (aka get the south back!) STRATEGIES TO WIN “The Anaconda Plan” 1. INVADE THE SOUTH 2. Capture the Capital (Richmond VA) 3) BLOCKADE SOUTHERN PORTS UNION ADVANTAGES INDUSTRIES RAILROADS BETTER NAVY MORE PEOPLE! DISADVANTAGES 1. Must invade to win 2. Poorly trained troops The Confederacy 1. Major Leaders 2. Reason for fighting 3. Strategy 4. Advantages 5. Disadvantages President Jefferson Davis General Robert E. Lee Cool Beard O’ Meter: 5 Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Cool Beard O’ Meter: 7 OTHER GENERALS P.T. Beauregard Cool Beard O’ Meter: 4 James Longstreet Cool Beard O’ Meter: 9!!! REASON FOR FIGHTING • Fighting for their Independence! STRATEGY FOR WINNING 1) Wear down the North 2) The South doesn’t have to win, they just don’t have to lose! CONFEDERATE ADVANTAGES HOMEFIELD ADVANTAGE 2) Better Troops & Generals Cool Beard O’ Meter: 10!!! 3) They are fighting for a cause: their independence DISADVANTAGES 1) 2) 3) 4) few factories very little railroads weak central government small population for troops CRQ 1) According to the chart in which area did the north have the greatest advantage? 2) Which advantage would provide northerners with an easy method of transportation 3) How would that advantage help the north during a war?
