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U.S History
Mr. Jensen
Name: ______________________________
Second Quarter
THE CIVIL WAR: NORTH VS. SOUTH
I. Complete the chart below to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both North and
South during the Civil War (1861-1865)
Side
North (Union)
South (Confederacy)
Advantages
Disadvantages
II. Complete the separate maps for both North and South, using your textbook as a resource. Follow the
directions below:
A. Identify and label all 11 Confederate states and 22 of the 24 Union states (California and Oregon
do not appear on the map)
B. Identify with a dot and label the capitals of the North and South throughout the war.
C. Color in the so-called “border states” that allowed slavery but remained loyal to the Union
D. Identify with a starburst and label the following major Civil War battles:
Bull Run (1861, 1862)
Antietam (1862)
Chancellorsville (1863)
Gettysburg (1863)
Atlanta (1864)
Shiloh (1862)
New Orleans (1862)
Vicksburg (1863)
Petersburg (1864-65)
U.S History
Mr. Jensen
Name: ______________________________
Second Quarter
THE CIVIL WAR: NORTH VS. SOUTH
I. Complete the chart below to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both North and
South during the Civil War (1861-1865)
Side
North (Union)
Advantages
*larger population (22 million)
* 91% of national industry
*71% of all railway mileage
*control of most of the naval fleet
*Abraham Lincoln’s leadership –
- decided to preserve the Union
- called up troops
- suspended civil liberties
- great orator
-student of human nature
*capable Cabinet officers, including
- Secretary of State Seward,
- Secretary of War Stanton,
- Secretary of the Navy Welles,
- Secretary of the Treasury Chase
*fighting to preserve the Union and (by
the end of the war) end slavery
*ability to raise money through income
taxes, bond sales, and national banks
*issuance of “greenbacks” kept the
money supply growing/flowing
*clear strategy to defeat the South Anaconda Plan
Disadvantages
*North had to fully defeat the South by
occupying/subduing it
*inept military leadership at the start of
the war
*not all politicians supported the war
(ex: Copperheads)
*conscription became very unpopular –
led to draft riots by 1863
South (Confederacy)
*fighting for independence and rights–
“The Cause”
*large territory (over 1,000 miles from
Virginia to Texas)
*ability to use “interior lines” for
defense
*high morale
*fighting on home turf
*better military leadership (Lee,
Jackson), especially early on
*foreign sympathy due to British and
French dependency on Southern cotton,
“cotton diplomacy”
*smaller population (9 million, 3 million
of whom were slaves)
*very little industry
*limited railway mileage
*limited naval forces
*limited financial resources
*fighting to preserve an immoral
institution (slavery)
*food shortages due to Union blockade
and drain of manpower into army
*high rates of inflation
Northern Greenback
ANACONDA PLAN
II. Complete the separate maps for both North and South, using your textbook as a resource. Follow the
directions below:
E. Identify and label all 11 Confederate states and 22 of the 24 Union states (California and Oregon
do not appear on the map)
F.
Identify with a dot and label the capitals of the North and South throughout the war.
G. Color in the so-called “border states” that allowed slavery but remained loyal to the Union
H. Identify with a starburst and label the following major Civil War battles:
Bull Run (1861, 1862)
Antietam (1862)
Chancellorsville (1863)
Gettysburg (1863)
Petersburg (1864-65)
Shiloh (1862)
New Orleans (1862)
Vicksburg (1863)
Chickamauga (1863)
Atlanta (1864)