By: Brandon Tapp and Gavin McKay
The American Civil War
Chapter 1 1819 Missouri Compromise Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
In 1819 the states had even power their were 11
slave states and 11 free states.
However Missouri applied to be a slave state
which would make more slave than free states giving more power to the slave states.
A year later Maine applied to be a free state
which made it so Missouri could be reapplied so that North of Missouri was free and South of Missouri was not.
Chapter 2 1800-1860 Two ways of Life Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
The North had went from rural to urban
over time.
More people in the North moved to cities
than in the South were they stayed mostly rural.
The North also had a lot more people
because they had more jobs and better transportation were the South had half as many railways and fewer factories.
Chapter 3 1856 Dred Scott Case
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A slave and his family were living in a free
state and thought they should be free.
The family sued for freedom on the grounds
they were in a free state they should be free.
The Supreme Court had to decide if the slave
family could even sue. They decided they could not and taking them away from the owner would be like stealing from him, this outraged the North.
Chapter 4 1860 Secession Spreads in South Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
On December 20, 1860 South Carolina
seceded from the Union and over the time of six weeks so did 6 other Southern states.
Lincoln in his inaugural address said the
secession was wrong and unconstitutional.
On April 12, 1861 the Southern forces fired
upon Fort Sumter and the fort surrendered a day and a half after it started. This enraged the North and started the Civil War.
Chapter 5 1861 Advantages of Both Sides Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level Both sides thought they were going to have a
quick victory.
The North thought so because they had
superior resources, better economy, better naval force, and more railroads for transporting soldiers and supplies.
The South were confident because they were
fighting on their own soil and they had great military leadership all they thought they had to do was push them back.
Chapter 6 1862 Anaconda Plan Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level This plan was made by the president at the time
Abraham Lincoln and it was meant to surround and squeeze the life out of the confederacy.
To do this first they had their naval forces block off the
southern ports and the navy would take the Mississippi River separating the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The last thing they would do is invade Virginia and
attack the capital Richmond and only the first two steps actually went according to plan.
Chapter 7 1862 Antietam Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level
This was the bloodiest one day battle of the
civil war where more than 20,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.
After Lee’s army crossed the Potomac River
they clashed with the Union army on September 17, 1862.
At the end of the battle it ended up being a
stalemate and Lee’s army retreated to Virginia. This was a turning point in the war.
Chapter 8 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation
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This ended slavery in and gave them a reason to fight and
also gave them support from Europe who was antislavery.
This also deprived the South of some of their workforce
which left them at another disadvantage.
After Antietam the Union gave the confederates a warning: If
you don’t rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863 their slaves would be set free. So when the Confederacy did not Lincoln signed The Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves.
Chapter 9 1863 Turning the Tides Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level On May 1863 General Grant’s army had arrived in Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
For six weeks they attacked the town from land and sea and
eventually the confederate had to give in which happened on July 4th, when the confederate army at Vicksburg surrendered
At the same time a battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania where
General Lee’s army of 75,000 attacked the Union’s of 95,000. After three days of fighting General Lee and his army finally retreated and 50,000 soldiers were killed or wounded.
Chapter 10 1865
The Union Wins
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The idea of total war is used by the Union which is to use any means
necessary to win.
The Union used a two prong strategy were Grant’s army would try to
take the Confederate capital of Richmond while Sherman would lead a campaign of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas.
On April 3, 1865 Grant captured the Capital of Richmond and Lee
was forced to surrender and on April 9, 1865 Grant and Lee at the Appomattox Court House were Lee accepted the very generous term of surrender.