PPT-The American Civil War (1861-1865)

As the first total war in history the Civil War was fought not just by armies but through the mobilization of each societys human and economic resources the freeing of four million slaves was only the most monumental of the wars many transformations in both the South and the North. JUMBO QUESTIONS 21. Periodization. The authors characterize the Battle of Antietam as the “pivotal point” in the Civil War. Many other historians have formulated arguments for additional military or political turning points in the Civil War. What event would you select for the turning point in the Civil War? . Secession and Fort Sumter. Review. Who was U.S. president during most of the Civil War?. What advantages did the North have over the South at the outset of the Civil War?. What was the primary cash crop in the South when the southern . Chapter 23. 1865-1899. 1865-1899. By 1898 when the Spanish-American War broke out, America was an industrialized nation. . During the Civil War, the United States was a nation of farmers. We were a rural country made up of wilderness and plowed fields. . While slavery is viewed as the main cause of the war, different lifestyles and attitudes also played a part.. Southerners believed that Northerners were bad mannered and greedy. Northerners thought Southerners were backwards and unsophisticated.. The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy. What is in a Name???. OTHER NAMES FOR THE CIVIL WAR:. War between the States. War against Northern Aggression. 2. nd. American Revolution. The Lost Cause. War of Rebellion. Chapter 14. Communities Mobilize for War. The two nations that existed in 1861, the US and the Confederate States of America, were surprisingly . similar. Fort Sumter . -Charleston. , SC . The . fort was low on supplies so Lincoln, hesitantly, ordered non-military supplies be sent to them. Secession. Union. Confederacy. Emancipation Proclamation. Gettysburg Address. People. Abraham Lincoln. Jefferson Davis. Robert E. Lee. Ulysses Grant. 1860. 1861. 1863. 1865. 1863. EVENTS LEADING UP TO CIVIL WAR. Please pick up a copy of the class notes from the cart and work on completing Part I (Reconstruction Amendments) with your partner. You will also need your Focus 20 film guide for . Lincoln. .. Please turn in Focus 21 (maps only) to the box on the back table.. Comparing the North and the South. Strategy During the War. Life During the War . Fighting During the War. The Final Phase Part I . The Final Phase Part II . America: The Story of Us. Today you will be completing a video response sheet to preview the events that occurred during the . The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy. What is in a Name???. OTHER NAMES FOR THE CIVIL WAR:. War between the States. War against Northern Aggression. 2. nd. American Revolution. The Lost Cause. War of Rebellion. Karleigh, Tyler, Olivia . About the Author?. The . author is Charles W. . Gould.. Six out of seven . of his brothers . followed . him into Federal service, thus adding to that chronology of events. The Brothers Gould left their families and farms in central New York to go South with their regiments. Revolution. In the late 1800’s, the . Industrial . Revolution tore one country completely apart. . An . estimated . 1 million people . died. Brother fought brother, towns and cities were burned to the ground, families destroyed, millions of homes lost, and millions of people rendered destitute (poor), without homes, jobs, money or food. . . split their support. Douglas . vs. Breckinridge. Pop . Sov. (N) v. federal protection of slavery (S). Know-Nothings/Whigs. . make last effort. “Constitutional Union Party”-John Bell (moderate). (5 years). By Rachel Harding . A4. 1861. Even . before the war there was a lot . of . tension between the North and the South because the South wanted to leave the U.S. because Abraham Lincoln was elected president and .