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Create the Battle Chart and fill it with corresponding information. You may use a textbook or other reliable research online. Add an image afterwards to show division in this country at that time in the form of a map. You can find a map using a search engine.
Some Websites with information: Key Battles, Fort Sumter, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman's March, Appomattox Courthouse, Palmito Ranch
Create the Strategy Chart shown further down my page. Add it with information that can be found in the Expert Information and/or your own research.
Set up your page to look similar to mine. Complete the Connect to Self regarding the first quote, make sure you have that quote on your page as well!
Create the Battle Chart and fill it with corresponding information. You may use a textbook or other reliable research online. Add an image afterwards to show division in this country at that time in the form of a map. You can find a map using a search engine.
Some Websites with information: Key Battles, Fort Sumter, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman's March, Appomattox Courthouse, Palmito Ranch
Create the Strategy Chart shown further down my page. Add it with information that can be found in the Expert Information and/or your own research.
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
Abraham Lincoln
Connect to Self: Explain what you think Abraham Lincoln was trying to say.
Battle Chart
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BattleFort Sumter (South Carolina)
1st Bull Run (Virginia) Shiloh (Tennessee) Antietam (Maryland) Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) VIcksburg (Mississippi) Sherman's March (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) Appomattox Courthouse (Virginia) Palmito Ranch |
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Significance |
Strategies, Advantages, and Disadvantages for the North and South
Expert Information
Strategies - Expert Information: To achieve victory in any war both sides must devise a plan or strategy to win. In the summer of 1861, the armies of both the North and the South marched off to war. Leaders for both sides created a plan for victory.
Fighting during the Civil War took place on three fronts. The East (east of the Mississippi River), the West (west of the Mississippi River), and the sea.
The Union (the North), planned a “three pronged attack” that would one, blockade all Southern ports, thus keeping theSouth (the Confederacy), from trading with Europe to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods. Secondly, theUnion (North), would take control of the Mississippi River. This would keep the South from using the river to supply its troops and cut the South in half, keeping Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas from the rest of the Confederacy (South). Finally, the Union would capture the southern capital of Richmond, Virginia where the Confederate government was located.
The South (Confederacy), planned to fight a defensive war. The Confederates wanted to bring the enemy into southern territory that is unfamiliar to them and exhaust them. The Southerners were also counting on help from Europe. They hoped European countries would send money and supplies in exchange for cotton. Like the North, the South wanted tocapture the Northern capital of Washington, D.C. where the government of the Union was located.
Both the North and South had advantages and disadvantages for winning the Civil War.
Northern advantages
· superior leadership in Abraham Lincoln
· greater population – 22 million people
· military power – a five to two advantage in men who could fight, a navy, war machinery
· industrial power – more factories
· more money
· more railroads
· more farm land where food crops, not cash crops were grown
Northern disadvantages
· weak motivation – not fighting for a cause, or at least one they could understand
· officers not aggressive enough – many failed to press their enemy when they had the advantage, inexperienced
· fighting on unfamiliar territory – most Northerners had never been in the South, poor communication, and long supply lines hampered the North
· believed the war would be over quickly
Southern advantages
· outstanding military officers – most had experience from the Mexican War, they had a strong military tradition and had been educated at military schools
· strong motivation – were fighting to keep way of life
· fighting on home ground – knew the territory
· soldiers skilled with guns and horses because they lived in rural areas
Southern disadvantages
· weak leadership skills of Jefferson Davis
· no navy
· fewer men and supplies
· few factories
· less money
· weaker government
Fighting during the Civil War took place on three fronts. The East (east of the Mississippi River), the West (west of the Mississippi River), and the sea.
The Union (the North), planned a “three pronged attack” that would one, blockade all Southern ports, thus keeping theSouth (the Confederacy), from trading with Europe to cut off the South’s supply of manufactured goods. Secondly, theUnion (North), would take control of the Mississippi River. This would keep the South from using the river to supply its troops and cut the South in half, keeping Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas from the rest of the Confederacy (South). Finally, the Union would capture the southern capital of Richmond, Virginia where the Confederate government was located.
The South (Confederacy), planned to fight a defensive war. The Confederates wanted to bring the enemy into southern territory that is unfamiliar to them and exhaust them. The Southerners were also counting on help from Europe. They hoped European countries would send money and supplies in exchange for cotton. Like the North, the South wanted tocapture the Northern capital of Washington, D.C. where the government of the Union was located.
Both the North and South had advantages and disadvantages for winning the Civil War.
Northern advantages
· superior leadership in Abraham Lincoln
· greater population – 22 million people
· military power – a five to two advantage in men who could fight, a navy, war machinery
· industrial power – more factories
· more money
· more railroads
· more farm land where food crops, not cash crops were grown
Northern disadvantages
· weak motivation – not fighting for a cause, or at least one they could understand
· officers not aggressive enough – many failed to press their enemy when they had the advantage, inexperienced
· fighting on unfamiliar territory – most Northerners had never been in the South, poor communication, and long supply lines hampered the North
· believed the war would be over quickly
Southern advantages
· outstanding military officers – most had experience from the Mexican War, they had a strong military tradition and had been educated at military schools
· strong motivation – were fighting to keep way of life
· fighting on home ground – knew the territory
· soldiers skilled with guns and horses because they lived in rural areas
Southern disadvantages
· weak leadership skills of Jefferson Davis
· no navy
· fewer men and supplies
· few factories
· less money
· weaker government
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