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Warm Up

Think waaayy back to last class period. Re-create the “scale” of Union & Confederate advantages to the best of your ability. Once you have recreated the scale, explain which side had the greatest advantage going into the war, and why. Warm Up.

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Warm Up

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  1. Think waaayy back to last class period. Re-create the “scale” of Union & Confederate advantages to the best of your ability. Once you have recreated the scale, explain which side had the greatest advantage going into the war, and why. Warm Up

  2. Recall as much as you possibly can about what we talked about last period and write it down. Once you have remembered all you can, go back into your notes and fill in your recollections with main topics or key events that you missed. Warm up

  3. “Across Five Aprils” CIVIL WAR (1861-1865)

  4. Advantages vs. Disadvantages

  5. North: Abraham Lincoln - Military Leaders - Gen. Irwin McDowell - Gen. George B. McClellan - Gen. Ulysses S. Grant - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman South: Jefferson Davis - Military Leaders - Gen. Robert E. Lee - Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Key Civil War Leaders

  6. South - Survive until the North tires - Union expected quick victory North - Anaconda Plan (Gen. Winfield Scott) 1. Blockade Southern ports 2. Capture the Miss. & divide the South 3. Squeeze until South surrenders Key Strategies

  7. April 1861: Ft. Sumter July 1861: 1st Battle of Bull Run - Realized war wouldn’t be quick & easy Sept. 1862: Antietam - Bloodiest day of the war Jan. 1863: Emancipation Proclamation - “Freed” slaves in areas of rebellion only - Re-defined the purpose of the war Civil War Timeline

  8. May-July 1863: Vicksburg - Grant secures the Mississippi River - Phase 2 of Anaconda Plan complete July 1863: Gettysburg - Bloodiest battle of the war - 3 days: 50,000+ casualties - Turning point: 1/3 of Lee’s army is lost - Gettysburg Address: refocuses war Civil War Timeline: Turning points

  9. Fall 1864: Sherman’s March to the Sea - Gen. Sherman wages total war - Destroys infrastructure (railroads, etc.) - Destroys resources (crops, homes, etc.) - Goal: kill South’s desire to fight April 9, 1865: Appomattox Courthouse - Grant surrounds Lee, forces surrender April 14, 1865: Lincoln Assassinated - John Wilkes Booth: attempt to re-start fight - Actual impact? Civil War Timeline: Final stages

  10. Map of Union and Confederate states, including major battles and campaigns 3.3: Civil War at a Glance

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