Chapter 3 THE CIVIL WAR

1. Chapter 3 THE CIVIL WAR Section 1: The Union Dissolves Section 2: The North and South Face Off Section 3: Fighting the War Section 4: The Final Phase

2. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Objectives: • How did the military strategies of the North and South differ? • What daily hardships did soldiers face? • How did civilians contribute to the war effort? • Why did some people oppose the war?

3. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Northern military strategies • capture Richmond • gain control of Mississippi River • use Navy to blockade the South Southernmilitary strategies • capture Washington • invade the North • win a foreign ally

4. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Soldiers’ hardships • unsanitary conditions • disease • shortages of food, clothing, rifles

5. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Northern life on the home front • Women took over work in factories and on farms. • More jobs became available. Southern life on the home front • At first, there were many patriotic events. • As war went on, shortages developed and focus switched to survival.

6. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Civilian contributions • Women did many previously male jobs. • Women served as teachers, nurses, and spies. • Civilians organized patriotic events and raised money for the war.

7. Section 2: The North and South Face Off Northern opposition to the war • sympathy for the South • expense of war • fear that African Americans would take the jobs of draftees Southern opposition to the war • draft violated states’ rights • poor men fighting a war for rich men • burden to farmers