Aim: Aim: How did the early years of the How did the early years of the Civil War prove that the conflict Civil War prove that the conflict

would be long and bloody? would be long and bloody? Do now: Secession and Civil War worksheet

1860

ELECTION

RESULTS

1860

ELECTION

RESULTSBased on the

election results, why do you think

the South felt they had to secede?

SECESSION!: SCSECESSION!: SC DEC. 20, 1860 DEC. 20, 1860

THE LOWER SOUTH SECEDESTHE LOWER SOUTH SECEDES

CONFEDERATE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA STATES OF AMERICA

(CSA)(CSA)

Jefferson Davis

FORMED FEBRUARY 1861

LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURAL LINCOLN’S FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS ADDRESS

MARCH 4, 1861MARCH 4, 1861

ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER APRIL 12, 1861

ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER APRIL 12, 1861

“We will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the

aggressors.”CONFEDERATE FLAG RAISED

AFTER THE BATTLE

THE UPPER SOUTH SECEDESTHE UPPER SOUTH SECEDES

THE WAR BEGINSTHE WAR BEGINS

• Border states • KY, MO, MD, DE• Maryland – suspension

of habeas corpus, declaration of martial law

• Kansas (1861) – entered the Union free

• West Virginia (1861)

• Seceded from Virginia

• joined Union in 1863Why were the border states vital to Union

victory?

Why did Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware remain in the Union even

though they had slaves?

THE UNION & THE THE UNION & THE CONFEDERACY IN 1861CONFEDERACY IN 1861

THE UNION & THE THE UNION & THE CONFEDERACY IN 1861CONFEDERACY IN 1861

RATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTHRATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTHRATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTHRATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTH

RATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTHRATING THE NORTH & THE SOUTH

IMMIGRANTSAS A

PERCENTAGE OF A STATE’S

POPULATIONIN

1860

IMMIGRANTSAS A

PERCENTAGE OF A STATE’S

POPULATIONIN

1860

•North •Goal: Restore the Union•Anaconda Plan – General Winfield Scott •Blockade•Split Confederacy in two

•South•Defensive - War of attrition•Attack when weakness spotted•Cotton diplomacy

STRATEGY

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1RUN (1STST MANASSAS) MANASSAS)

JULY, 1861JULY, 1861

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1RUN (1STST MANASSAS) MANASSAS)

JULY, 1861JULY, 1861