name: roger yang date: 3/15/11 period:6 th civil war data
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Name: Roger YangDate: 3/15/11
Period:6th
Civil War Data
Causes Of The Civil War• In November 1850 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the
untied state.• In December 1860 Lincoln says as president, he will not interfere with
slave, in the South and he will enforce the Fugitive Salves Laws, BUT he will not allow slavery to spread into any of the territories
• In that December South Carolina senators are mad and vote to have South Carolina leave the union. Ten other southern states soon followed.
• March 1861 Lincoln is sworn into office and officially becomes president of the “Not o united states” he decides all military forts belong to the US government no matter where they are North and South.
• April 12, 1861 Angry Southerners in Charleston, South Carolina open • In Spring 1861 the civil war has begun
Beginning the War
North Strengths 22 million people strong Had more states Better technology 90% factories Most of the bank = richer Had more farm to provide food Controlled the sea- Big Navy 21,000 miles of railroad Transport supplies & troops is easy Land had iron ,lopper ,coal ,and
gold
South Strengths• Import guns & supplies
from Europe • Long coastlines• Big & spread out land• Get to fight on own land• Military Generals, ex:
Robert E. Lee • Could trade cotton for war
supplies with Europe
Beginning The War
North Weakness• Military leadership weak• 1/3 of Northern generals
quit & weal back to the south
• Waste time searching for good generals
• Have to travel & attack the south
South Weaknesses• A million people • Unaware of attack• Mississippi could split the
confederacy in 2• Economy could not support
a long war • Few factories to produce
gun & supplies
Population in Millions
millions0
5
10
15
20
2523
9
Union confrderate Linear (confrderate)
How many more people lived in Union states than in Confederate states?
Land Area
Series10
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.52.25
0.75
Union Confederate
About how many times more square miles of land did Union states have compared to Confederate states?
Industrial Production
Man
ufactu
ring P
lants
Iron Pro
duction
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90% 84%
71%
16%
29%
union
Column3
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater manufacturing and iron production?
Miles of Railroad Track
Miles0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,00022,000
9,000
UnionConfederate
About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?
Finances
Money In Banks Bank Asset0
50,000,000
100,000,000
150,000,000
200,000,000
250,000,000
300,000,000
350,000,000
400,000,000
189,000,000
346,000,000
47,000,00076,000,000
Unionconfederate
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater financial resources?
Map
Leaders of the Civil War
The Union President Jefferson Davis Joseph E. Johnston General Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson General Robert E. Lee General George Pickett
The Confederacy President Abraham Lincoln General Winfield Scott General Irvin McClellan General George McClellan Admiral David Farragut General Ulysses S. Grant General George Meade General William Sherman
Presidents
Union- Abraham Lincoln Confederate-Jefferson Davis
Troops
Hundreds of Thousands0
5
10
15
20
25
20
8
UnionConfederate
How many more troops did the Union states have than the Confederate states?
1st Battle of Bull Run
Summary and Outcome
Union Irvin McDowell Confederate Pierre Beauregard Joseph Johnston Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson
Leaders Bull Run/Manassas July 1861 McDowell was sent to take
confederate capital in Richmond, VA
Need to control RR Junction in Manassas Virginal
Confederate troops were waiting at Bull Run creek near
Union pushes passed creek Confederate got back up Confederate won 1st battle North lost of a quick war
Battle of Antietam
Summary and Outcome September 17 1862- Battle
of Antietam Lee went into Maryland
joined his side Lee left his battle plan North won Bloodiest one day battle in
the U.S History
Leaders McClellan Robert E. Lee
Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation
At the heart of the bloody struggle were millions of enslaved African Americans
Abolition urged president Lincoln to free them
Battle of Gettysburg
Summary and Outcome
• July 1-3 1863 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania day 1
• Confederate army pushed union back
• Both got reinforcement day 3
• Confederate attacked union, union helped them off & confederate retreated
Leaders• George Meade • Robert E Lee • George Rickets
Gettysburg Address
• Union soldiers moved the confederate troops back toward Richmond
• Grant plans to take the confederate capital • Try to keep the troops going and pumped up• Paused the Union soldiers and told his
commitment to win the war • Lincoln makes space at new Gettysburg
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Summary and Outcome• Spring 1862 December 1862• Sherman marched troops from
Tennessee to Atlanta, George destroying everything into dust on the way
• Captured Atlanta • Destroyed R.R farms, livestock,
corps, factories along the way • Captured savannah but mad
south very angry at the war tactics
Leaders• General William Sherman• General Joseph Johnston
Surrender at Appomattox
Summary and Outcome April 9,1865 Union army had trapped
confederate army Union & Confederate Generals
met in Appomattox courthouse General Robert E Lee surrender
to General Grant ending the war Lee signs surrender document Grant promise to take care of
confederate army
Leaders Union William Sherman Ulysses Grant Confederate Robert E Lee
War Casualties
Thousands0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
300
240
Union Confederate
Who had more war casualties, the North or the South?How many more did they have?
The Five Costliest Battles of the Civil War
deaths0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
51,112
34,624 35,732
27,399
20,160
GettysburgChickamaugaChancellorsvilleSpotsylvaniaAntietam
About how many total people were killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, and Antietam?
Effects of the Civil War
1) The Civil War had deep and long-lasting effects
2) 620,000 American lost their lives during the four years of fighting
3) The south would end slavery there4) The majority former slaves, however they
had no homes or jobs
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