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The American Civil War

The American Civil War. Making of the Modern World Hindes. Lay of the Land. United States of America (Union). Strengths and Weaknesses of the Union Strengths They had a large industry that could supply the army They had lots of food production They had a strong central government

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The American Civil War

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  1. The American Civil War Making of the Modern World Hindes

  2. Lay of the Land

  3. United States of America (Union) Strengths and Weaknesses of the UnionStrengths • They had a large industry that could supply the army • They had lots of food production • They had a strong central government • They had a large population (23 million) • They controlled 2/3 of the Railroad tracks • Weaknesses • They had no clear purpose for fighting • They had to fight an offensive war in order to win • They had a weak military leadership crew

  4. Confederate States of America (CSA) • Capital: Richmond, Virginia • President: Jefferson Davis Strengths and Weaknesses of the ConfederacyStrengths • They had a clear purpose for fighting – Independence • They were fighting a defensive war • They had strong military leadership • Weaknesses • They could not produce equipment • They only could trade cash crops for food • They had a weak central government • They had a small population (9 million) • They had only 1/3 of the Railroad tracks

  5. Where the fighting was.

  6. 3rd Vermont Infantry Reg.

  7. Lee’s Mills, VA

  8. Outside Yorktown, VA

  9. Battle of Cedar Creek, VA

  10. End of the Civil War • Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865 • Cost of the War: • Dead • 360,000 (1% U.S.) + 250,000 (6% C.S.A.) = 610,000 (2%) • Monetary $6,190,000,000. (US) + $2,099,808,707. (CSA) $8,289,808,707. ($114,838,360,563.)

  11. Freeing the Slaves • Emancipation Proclamation: • "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free;…” Jan. 1, 1863

  12. Freeing the Slaves & Defining Citizenship • 13th Amendment: • “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. “ December 6, 1865 • 14th Amendment: • “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. “ July 9, 1868

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