11-1: The Call to Arms

11-2: Early Years of the War

Both sides of the Civil War thought they would win because each had

distinct advantages and strategies for winning.

Anticipatory Set

North vs. South

California Standards Standard 8.10.2: Trace the boundaries constituting

the North and the South, the geographical differences between the two regions, and the differences between agrarians and industrialists.

Standard 8.10.5: Study the views and lives of leaders (e.g., Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee) and soldiers on both sides of the war, including those of black soldiers and regiments.

Standard 8.10.6: Describe critical developments and events in the war, including the major battles, geographical advantages and obstacles, technological advances, and General Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.

Standard 8.10.7: Explain how the war affected combatants, civilians, the physical environment, and future warfare.

Inputborder states: slave states that did not secede.

neutral: not favoring either sidemartial law: a type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens’ rights are suspended.

blockade: a military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.

Inputironclad: warships covered with protective iron plates

casualty: the military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action

George McClellanUlysses S. Grant

ResearchMain Idea & Details

1.Fold 2 papers in ½ to create 8 sections for notes.

2.Write down the section heading and the main idea. You will fill in the details at the end of the lesson.

InputTaking Sides in the War

As the war began and states chose sides, loyalties in the four border states were divided.

The state of Maryland was critical to the Union.If Maryland had fallen to the Confederacy, the capital would have been surrounded.Kentucky and Missouri were important for maintaining control of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

InputNorth Against South

Each side had its advantages and disadvantages, and each side was sure it would win.

Safari MontageThe Civil War

Chapter 3: A Rush to Arms (3 min 15 sec)

Look for Northern & Southern advantages!

InputThe Two Sides Plan Strategy

While the North wanted to isolate the South and invade it, the South hoped to get help from Europe.

InputAmericans Against Americans

The war often divided families as it drew most adult males on both sides into the military.

Some families had sons in the war fighting on different sides.Mary Lincoln had four brothers who fought for the South.Nearly half of the North’s troops were farmers.One fourth were immigrants.Three fourths of the South’s 1 million white males between ages 18 and 45 served in the army.Two thirds of northern males of the same age fought for the Union.

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