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Election of 1860

Election of 1860. Election 1860 Election 1992. Causes of the Civil War: Economic and social differences between the North and the South. States versus federal rights. Slave vs. Non-Slave State Proponents. Growth of the Abolition Movement. Election of 1860.

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Election of 1860

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  1. Election of 1860

  2. Election 1860 Election 1992

  3. Causes of the Civil War: Economic and social differences between the North and the South. States versus federal rights. Slave vs. Non-Slave State Proponents. Growth of the Abolition Movement. Election of 1860

  4. John Brown Harpers Ferry 1859 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWa-4X4qg50

  5. Civil War 1861- 1865 • Advantages & Disadvantages A. South http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYgXrUSjIs&feature=related 1. Advantages a. Experienced military talent b. Defensive war c. Long indented coastline / hard to blockade

  6. 2. Disadvantages a. Population- 5 ½ million free whites b. Weak central government c. No industry

  7. B. North 1. Advantages a. Population 22 million b. Industry (85%), railroads (70%), supplies (65% farmland) c. Strong navy d. Strong central government 2. Disadvantages a. Offensive war b. Lack of Military talent

  8. II. Key Battles & Campaigns (1st yrs 1861-1862) A. Fort Sumter, April 12, 1861 1. Supplied fort 2. Lincoln’s use of executive power unprecedented a. Called 75,000 volunteers b. Authorized spending for war c. Suspended habeas corpus

  9. B. Union Strategy 1. General Winfield Scott’s 2. Three part Plan a. Blockade Southern Ports (Anaconda) b. Take Mississippi & divide confederacy in two c. Army of 500,000 to take Richmond

  10. C. Manassas I / First Battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861 1. First major battle 2. Union troops disordered 3. Confederate victory

  11. D. Peninsula Campaign, March- July 1862 1. General George B. McClellan – commander eastern forces 2. Key Battles: Hampton Roads Hanover Courthouse Garnetts & Goldings Farm York Town Seven Pines Savage’s Station Williamsburg Oak Grove White Oak Swamp Eltham’s Landing Beaver Dam Creek Glendale Drewry’s Bluff Gaine’s Mills Malvern Hill

  12. Peninsula Campaign (clip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wTek4DFiuo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBVR3VziJjQ

  13. 3. McClellan removed & replaced by General John Pope

  14. McClellan Pope

  15. E. Manassas II / Bull Run II, August 28-30, 1862 1. Gen. John Pope (USA) vs. Gen. Robert E. Lee & Thomas J. Jackson (CSA) 2. Lee took advantage in change of leadership a. Drew Pope into trap / retreats to Washington b. CSA victory c. McClellan restored

  16. F. Antietam , September 16-18, 1862 1. Lee’s Strategy a. Crossed Potomac into enemy territory b. Diplomatic goal = British recognition & support Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjIbFTrqwU8

  17. 2. Cigars provide battle plans a. Plans dropped b. Union Army c. McClellan intercepted CSA at Antietam Creek / Sharpsburg

  18. 3. Impact & Aftermath a. Single bloodiest day- 23,000 b. Strategic Union Victory c. McClellan failed pursue Lee d. Emancipation Proclamation

  19. Burnside Lee

  20. G. Federicksburg, December 11-15, 1862 1. General Ambrose Burnside (USA) vs. Gen Lee (CSA) 2. Burnside attacked Lee 3. Outcome a. CSA victory 1. Union 12,000 2. CSA 5,000 b. Magnitude of war clear (2nd year of war disastrous for North)

  21. H. Grant A. Victories in West 1. Fort Henry, February 6, 1862 (Cumberland River / Branch of Miss. R) 2. Fort Donelson February 11-16, 1862 B. Stunning victories 1. 14,000 Confederates captured 2. Opened Mississippi to Union attack 3. Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 4. April 1862- Control Mississippi to New Orleans

  22. III. Union Triumphs, 1863 –1865 A. Vicksburg, May 18- July 4, 1863 1. Key to complete control of Mississippi 2. Siege – 7 weeks 3. Union Victory

  23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALyq3seK2g

  24. B. Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863 1. Lee’s objective a. wanted to force peace on North b. Gain foreign aid 2.Crucial battle a. Over 50,000 casualties b. Confederate army destroyed c. Lee retreated

  25. C. Lincoln Changes Command 1. Early 1864- Grant 2. Grant’s strategy a. Realized South’s resources dwindling b. Fought for months with heavy Union casualties 1. Wilderness, May 5-7 (inconclusive) 2. Spotsylvania Ct. House , May 8- 21 (inconclusive) 3. Cold Harbor, May 31- June 12 (CSA)

  26. D. Sherman’s March to the Sea 1. Atlanta to Savanna 2. Path destruction 60 miles wide 3. Total war 4. Demoralized South http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tDrVMlGpY

  27. Gone With the Wind – Burning of Atlanta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnEZrV_WT44 Aftermath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-lBqG3bOTE&feature=channel

  28. E. Appomattox Court House 1. April 9, 1865 2. Lee surrenders to Grant 3. Malice toward none http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be527tVC214

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