CIVIL WAR

CIVIL WAR

The war begins

DIVISION BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH

-Prior to the election of 1860, there was massive disunity in the USA

-The North was less dependent on slavery due to an industrial economy

-The South asserted they needed slavery due to having an agrarian economy dependent on harvesting crops

Multiple Choice

Instructions: Choose the option that answers the question or completes the sentence.

Prior to the Civil War, the North had a/an

• Industrial / Agrarian

• Fishing / Ship Building

• Socialistic / Laissez Faire

• Monarchy / Theocratic

Division leads to Secession

• The South feared the federal government would attempt to overpower the state governments and eventually abolish slavery.

• After Lincoln was elected, South Carolina was the first state to leave the union by seceding in December of 1860.

• The other Southern states soon joined them and formed the Confederate States.

Multiple Choice

Which state was the first to leave the Union prior to the Civil War?

• North Carolina

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Texas

The President of the Divided States

• On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as President.

• Lincoln came at night to D.C. for the protection of his safety. He claimed there would be no conflict unless the South provoked the North to fight.

• The President did not initially take office to destroy slavery. His abolitionist sentiment developed and evolved over time.

Why can’t the South just leave?

• The national debt was jointly held by the states. If the South left, the North would be left with all the debt.

• The South provided crops and other goods for the factories of the North.

• The South made money off other nations by selling cotton. The North would lose this revenue for taxes and other economic purposes.

The Northern Battle Plan

• FIRST: the North wanted to blockade Southern ports to deprive the South of outside goods and profitable trade.

• SECOND: the Union wanted to control the Mississippi River to “split the South” and control the trade and travel of the body of water.

The Northern Battle Plan

• THIRD: the North wanted to capture Richmond, VA, which was the capital of the Confederate States of America.

Multiple Choice

All of the following were goals the North believed they needed to achieve to win the Civil War EXCEPT:

• Blockade the Southern Ports

• Control the Mississippi River

• Join forces with Great Britain

• Control Richmond, Virginia

Union and Confederate Forces Clash

• On April 12, 1861, South Carolina attempted to take Fort Sumter in Charleston. Yet, the North controlled this fort. The fighting started over this fortress.

• The Northern Union had many advantages in the Civil War. They had more people (called the law of attrition), industrialization, and better railroads

Multiple Choice

The law of attrition was an obstacle to which side in the Civil War?

• The North

• The South

• Both the North and the South

• Neither the North nor the South

Union and Confederate Forces Clash

• The Southern advantages included “home field advantage” in their region, skilled arms men, talented generals, and the profitable cash crop of cotton.

Multiple Choice

BONUS:

Which was the only casualty for the Confederates?

• A soldier

• A horse

• A president

• A child