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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR . MATTHEW SCHLOEMAN 7T . BASIC CIVIL WAR FACTS . START – APRIL 12 1861 END – APRIL 9 1865 SIDES INVOLVED – CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (CONFEDERACY) AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (UNION)

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THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

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  1. THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MATTHEW SCHLOEMAN 7T

  2. BASIC CIVIL WAR FACTS • START – APRIL 12 1861 • END – APRIL 9 1865 • SIDES INVOLVED – CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA (CONFEDERACY) AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (UNION) • RESOLUTION – TERRITORAL INTEGRITY OF USA PERSERVED , UNION WON, SLAVERY ABOLISHED

  3. MAJOR CAUSES OF WAR • SLAVERY IN THE SOUTH AND NORTH WAS AGAINST IT

  4. SIGNIFICANT PERSON FROM UNION • WINFIELD SCOTT • OCCUPIED THE SOUTHS KEY TERRIAN SUCH AS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER , PORTS OF ATLANTIC COAST , GULF OF MEXICO THIS PLAN WAS KNOWN AS SCOTTS GREAT SNAKE . HE DID THIS PLAN SO THE SOUTH COULD NOT GET SUPPLIES AND TRADE THINGS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES OR WITH INDIANS

  5. SIGNIFICANT PERSON FROM CONFEDERACY • ROBERT E. LEE • CONFERACY ARMY COMMANDER • DID NOT BELIVE TO FIGHT WAR HE ONCE SAID WHEN ASKED BY A SOLDIER “ I SHALL NEVER BEAR ARMS AGAINST THE UNION, BUT IT MAYBE NESSACARY FOR ME TO CARRY A MUSKET IN DEFENSE OF MY NATIVE STATE OF VIRGINA • SERVED AS SOLDIER FOR USA FROM 1829-61 • THEN CONFEDERATE COMMANDER FOR DURATION OF CIVIL WAR

  6. TURNING POINT OF WAR BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG • JULY 1-3, 1863 • LOCATION ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSLYVANIA • RESULT – UNION VICTORY • COMMANDERS- UNION-GEORGE G. MEADE CONFEDERACY- ROBERT E. LEE UNION BROUGHT 93,921 TO THE BATTLE CONFEDERACY BROUGHT 71,699 TO BATTLE - AFTER BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG UNION GOT MORE STRATGICAL WAYS TO FIGHT WAR

  7. LIFE AT HOME • NORTH-WAS HARD BECAUSE LOTS OF MEN WENT OFF TO FIGHT IN SOUTH SO WOMEN DID A LOT MORE TO SUPPORT FAMILY • SOUTH- WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIED BECAUSE THE WAR WAS THERE AND OTHER WOMEN DID THE MENS JOBS TO SUPPORT THE FAMILY AND DHEALED WOUNDED SOLDIERS OF THE WAR

  8. FINAL RESOLUTION • CONFEDERACY SURRENDERED ON APRIL 9 1865

  9. EFFECTS OF WAR • SLAVERY ENDED IN SPRING OF 1865 • UNION CONTROLLED LAND IN SOUTH GIVEN BACK ON DEC. 6, 1865 • 1,030,000 PEOPLE DIED FROM WAR 2/3 FROM DIEASE • 4 MILLION SLAVES FREED • 56,000 POWS DIED • LINCOLN DIED OF ASSANATION

  10. RESOURCES PRINTICE HALL TEXT BOOK WIKIPEDIA AMERICAN CIVIL WAR HOME PAGE

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