APUSH…How was the election of 1860 the final straw for the secession of the lower south? What choices does Lincoln have as the CSA begins taking Federal property?

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA

Election of 1860 Southern view

Secession Deep South – Slavery Upper South – States Rights

Confederate States of America (C.S.A) constitution

Crittenden – compromise

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA Ft. Sumter – April. 12 1861 Symbol bombardment Volunteers “Rebellion”

75,000 for 90 days

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA Border States

North: Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia

South: Indiana, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia

BELL WORK DAY 2

1.Why were the border states key to the strategy of both sides during the Civil War?

2.What overall strategy did the South and the North take from the outset of the war… how did Bull Run shatter this idea?

GENERAL TRIVIA 1.What interesting fact did could Wilmer McClean state

regarding the Civil War? 2.How many places were there Civil War engagements? 3.Why were there so many casualties in the Civil War? Other interesting distinctions…

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: KEYS “Brothers War” Advantages:

North South

Population – 4:1 Officers

Industry 2/3 Preparation

Agriculture Slave Labor

Railroads Defense

Naval / Merchant Rural Life

Fleets Foreign Aid

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: STRATEGIES

North South

Richmond Washington

Blockade Defense

Divide and Conquer Raids

The two presidents

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA: FIRST BULL RUN

106* Fahrenheit Irvin McDowell –

Divisions “Stonewall” Jackson Washington Picnickers End of the 90 day war

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA From Union to Emancipation

Army of the Potomac George McClellan Peninsular campaign Monitor vs. Merrimack Jackson vs. Shenandoah Valley Robert E. Lee

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA Army of North

Virginia Battles of the Seven

Days McClellan’s Retreat “Offensive defense”

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA Western Interlude

Ulysses S. Grant Forts Henry and

Donelson

“Bloody Shiloh” – April 1862

Mississippi river – Union Gunboats

THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA 2nd Battle of Bull Run

August 1862 U.S. John Pope Question of

Emancipation Antietam –

September 17, 1862 Cornfield

Bloody lane The Judge

Emancipation Proclamation – September 22, 1862 “Forever Free”