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Overview of the Civil War. The North. AKA. The Union The U.S.A. Yankees Federals. Strengths. 22 million people vs 9 million in the South More natural resources 86% of the U.S. factories were in the North 2.5 times more railroad in the north
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AKA • The Union • The U.S.A. • Yankees • Federals
Strengths • 22 million people vs 9 million in the South • More natural resources • 86% of the U.S. factories were in the North • 2.5 times more railroad in the north • Abraham Lincoln’s determination to preserve the Union
Weaknesses • Lack of training • City folk fighting the war • Inexperienced generals
War Goals • Subdue the South • Take the Mississippi and blockade the coast • Isolate the South from the world
States • Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Oregon, California, and Kansas.
Capital • Washington D.C.
AKA • Confederacy • C.S.A. (Confederate States of America) • Rebels • Grays • Secessionists
Strengths • Good generals • Just had to not lose (didn’t have to attack the North) • Southerners generally knew how to ride horses and shoot guns
Weaknesses • Less people to fight • Lack of food and clothing • Few railroad tracks
War goals • Avoid losing long enough for the North to give up and leave. • “The South could ‘win’ the war by not losing; the North could win only by winning.” – James M. McPherson
States • South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia.
Capital Richmond, Virginia
Generals of the Civil War • North: • William Tecumseh Sherman • Ulysses S. Grant • George McClellan • George Mead
Generals of the Civil War • South • Robert E. Lee • Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson • J.E.B. Stuart • Nathan Bedford Forrest