Essential Questions What were the advantages and disadvantages

Essential Questions What were the advantages and disadvantages of the North and South going into the Civil War? What were the war aims and strategies of the Union and the Confederacy entering the war? SS. 8. A. 5. 5

Strengths & Weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy!

CATEGORY NORTH SOUTH

CATEGORY Other Names No. Of States Population NORTH SOUTH Confederacy, Union, United States Confederate States of of America, USA America, CSA 23 22, 000 11 9, 000 (includes 3, 500, 000 slaves) Leadership Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Railroads 75% of nation’s 25% of nation’s railroads

Border State: state that allowed slavery but did not secede the Union.

Generals Ulysses S. Grant George Mc. Clellan -inexperienced Capital Washington, D. C. Army 1, 500, 000 army Navy Large Navy which grew larger as war progressed Cause for fighting? - Preserve the country - Free the Slaves Robert E. Lee Stonewall Jackson - well trained, experienced Richmond, VA (briefly in Montgomery, AL) 1, 000 army No navy at wars start - Maintain “southern way of life, ” which includes slavery

What is the game plan? Strategies of the Union and Confederacy!

Winfield Scott’s Anaconda Plan Take the CSA capital Take control Robertof. E at Richmond the Mississippi Lee leads River the Army of Southern Ulysses strategy was an “offensive defense”: Northern Grant, Virginia William Hopefully attract. George a foreign France? ) Tecumseh ally (Britain, Mc. Clellan Sherman and was in - We broke. Army away –ofyou want us, come get us! the charge of Tennessee in the Army of the West Potomac - Drag the war out! - Attack strategically! Eventually, At some point, we Divide the West Blockade the to win a battle in northerners will get want fromsick South of. Southern it! coastthe north!