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Chapter 16 Section 1: War Erupts

holyromanempirerules.blogspot.com. Chapter 16 Section 1: War Erupts. Main Idea- The secession of Southern states quickly led to the armed conflict between the North and the South. The Civil War has begun. First Shots at Fort Sumter.

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Chapter 16 Section 1: War Erupts

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  1. holyromanempirerules.blogspot.com Chapter 16 Section 1: War Erupts Main Idea- The secession of Southern states quickly led to the armed conflict between the North and the South. The Civil War has begun.

  2. First Shots at Fort Sumter • Fort Sumter-the fort located in Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War was fought • North and South were fighting over federally owned forts to see who would get them • April 12, 1861~Confederates pressured the Americans and forced Major Robert Anderson to capitulate • Beginning of the Civil War sonofthesouth.net

  3. Lincoln calls out the Militia • After Battle at Fort Sumter, Lincoln gathers up 75,000 minutemen to form his militia • Northerners supported Lincoln’s actions • But this made the South angry • More states joined Confederacy • -Virginia • -North Carolina • - Tennessee • -Arkansas • Confederacy now larger and stronger • May 1861~Capital of Confederacy to Richmond, Virginia • Robert E. Lee- Talented military leader who became commanding general of the army of North Virginia commons.wikimedia.org nndb.com

  4. Choosing Sides • Border States- slave states that border free states • -Delaware • -Maryland • -Kentucky • -Missouri • Maryland: hugely important to North. If it seceded then D.C. would be cut off from the Union. But Pro-Union leaders took over Maryland so it was safe from secession • Kentucky: important as well (to North and South). The rivers provide an invasion route for North. Provided a barrier for the South • Missouri and Delaware: stayed in Union as well • 24 states in the Union • 11 states in the Confederacy

  5. Strengths and weaknesses Advantages Disadvantages • Union • 22 Million people • 85% of industry came from North • More railroad mileage • Naval power and shipyards • Abraham Lincoln • Confederacy • Able generals (Robert E. Lee) • Will and defensive fighting (“home team advantage”) • Union • Farther away from where the war was fought • Confederacy • Only 9 million people ~3.5 million were slaves • Less railroad mileage

  6. Strategies • The Union • The Anaconda Plan- • Smother the Southern economy • -blockade the South’s coastline • *Blockade- armed forces preventing transportation of goods or people into or out of an area • -gain control of Mississippi River • Problems • Would take more time and people were eager to take action • The Confederacy • Hoped to tire the North out • Wanted to be left alone • Hoped to use King Cotton as their way to get help from foreign enemies • King Cotton-the Southern cotton that ruled the world’s market • Problems • Europe had surplus of the South’s cotton and sis not want to get involved in American war

  7. Battle of bull run • July 21, 1861 • Where Confederate and Union soldiers clashed • First battle in the North • WHY IT MATTERED? • Showed the North what they were getting themselves into • North realized they underestimated the South

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  9. LETS TALK ABOUT IT!!

  10. What were the union’s reasons to fight? The confederates?

  11. Why were the border states important to both sides in the Civil War?

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