Civil War Data
Name: Kong Chang
Date: March 15, 2011
Period: 6
Causes Of The Civil War
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In November 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of
the United States.
A mouth later, Lincoln says as president, he will not interfere
with slavery in the South and he will enforce the Fugitive Slave
Laws, but he will not allow slavery to spread into any of the
territories.
South Carolina senators are mad and vote to have South
Carolina leave the Union. 10 other southern states soon
followed and created the Confederacy States of America.
In March 1861 Lincoln is sworn into office and officially
becomes president of the “Not so United States”. He decides
all military forts belong to the US government no matter
where they are North or South.
This angry Southerners in Charleston, South Carolina open
fire on soldiers at Fort Sumter.
The Civil War has begun.
North Strengths
South Strengths
22 millions people strong
 had more states
 better technology
 90% factories
 Most of banks= richer
 had more farms to provide food
 Controlled the sea – Big Navy
 21,ooo miles of railroad
 Transporting supplies and troops
is easy
 Land hold iron, copper, coal, and
gold
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Import guns and supplies from
Europe
Long Coastlines
Big and spread out lines
Get to fight on own land
Military Generals Ex. Robert E.
Lee
Could trade for war supplies
w/Europe
Beginning the War
North Weakness
South Weaknesses
Military leaderships are
weak
 1/3 of Northern generals
quit and went back to
South
 Worst time searching for
good Generals
 Hard to travel and attack
the South
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9 millions people
Unaware of attack
Mississippi could spilt the
Confederacy in 2
Economy could not support a
long war
Few factories to produce guns
and supplies
Bad transporting
Short in complete Railroads
Weak money
Beginning The War
Population in Millions
25
23
20
15
10
9
5
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Union
Conferderate
How many more people lived in Union states than in Confederate states?
Land Area
2,500,000
2,250,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
Union
Conferderate
750,000
500,000
0
About how many times more square miles of land did Union states have compared to
Confederate states?
Industrial Production
90%
84%
80%
71%
70%
60%
50%
40%
29%
30%
20%
Union
Confederate
16%
10%
0%
Manufacturing
Plants
Iron
prodcution
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater manufacturing and iron
production?
Miles of Railroad Track
25,000
22,000
20,000
15,000
9,000
10,000
Union
Confederate
5,000
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Rail Mileage
About how many times more railroad track did the North have than the South?
Finances
400,000,000
346,000,000
350,000,000
300,000,000
250,000,000
200,000,000
189,000,000
Union
Condeferate
150,000,000
100,000,000
50,000,000
76,000,000
47,000,000
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Money in Banks
Bank Assets
Which side---the Union or the Confederacy---had greater financial resources?
Map
Union- Abraham Lincoln
Confederate- Jefferson Davis
President
The Union
The Confederacy
President Abraham Lincoln
 General Winfield Scott
 General Irvin McDowell
 General George McClellan
 Admiral David Farragut
 General Ulysses S. Grant
 General George Meade
 General William Sherman
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President Jefferson Davis
 Joseph E. Johnston
 General Thomas
“Stonewall” Jackson
 General Robert E. Lee
 General George Pickett
Leaders of the Civil War
Troops
2,500,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
Union
Confederate
800,000
500,000
0
How many more troops did the Union states have than the Confederate states?
Summary and Outcome
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July 1861 Battle of Bull Run
McDowell was sent to take
Confederate capital
McDowell also needed to
controlled R.R Junction in
Manassas Virginia
Confederate troops were waiting
at Bull Run Creek near Manassas
Union pushed passed Creek
Confederate got back
Union led
Confederate won the 1st battle
Union hope of a quick victory
st
1
Leaders
Union Leader
 Irvin McDowell
Confederate Leaders
 Joseph Johnston
 Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson
Battle of Bull Run
Summary and Outcome
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Sept. 17 1862- Battle of
Antietam
Lee went to Maryland
Lee talked to people, nobody
joined his side
Lee fail his battle plan
North won
One day 25,000 men were
killed
Union won the Battle of
Antietam
Leaders
Union
 George McClellan
Confederate
 Robert E. Lee
Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Sept. 22, 1862- Emancipation
Proclamation
 Lincoln wanted to free slavery
 Slavery help them fight in the Civil War
 Lincoln wrote the Emancipation
Proclamation
 It made abolitionists very happy
 The loss of slaves made the South’s ability
to wage war
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Summary and Outcome
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July 1-3 1863- Battle of
Gettysburg
Lee wanted to attack so much
that the North would lose
and gain help from Europe
Confederate forces gathered
in a small town outside
Gettysburg
Lincoln soldiers are there
Confederate attack Union
hope them off and
Confederate retreated
North won the war
Leaders
Union
 George Meade
Confederate
 Robert E. Lee
 George Pickett
Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863 –Gettysburg Address
 Lincoln gave a speech called the
Gettysburg Address
 Lincoln makes speech at Gettysburg
 Lincoln rededicated himself to winning
the war and preserving the Union.
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Summary and Outcome
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Spring 1864-Dec. 1864Sherman’s March To The Sea
Sherman plan to destroy
Southern railroads and
industries
Sherman marched troops
from Tennessee to Atlanta,
Georgia destroy R.R. and
industries on the way
Sherman captured Atlanta
Sherman destroy R.R. farms
North won
Leaders
Union
 William Sherman
Confederate
 Joseph Johnston
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Summary and Outcome
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April 9, 1865- Appomattox
Courthouse
Union army had trapped
Confederate army
Union and Confederate
generals met at Appomattox
Courthouse
Generals Robert E. Lee
surrender to Generals Grant
ending the war
Lee signs surrender doc.
Grant promises to take care
of Confed. soldiers
Leaders
Union
 William Sherman
 Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate
 Robert E. Lee
Surrender at Appomattox
War Casualties
400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
Union
Confederate
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
deaths
Who had more war casualties, the North or the South?
How many more did they have?
The Five Costliest Battles
of the Civil War
60,000
50,000
40,000
51,112
34,624 35,732
27,399
30,000
20,160
20,000
Gettysburg
Chickamauga
Chancellorsville
Spotsylvania
Antietam
10,000
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deaths
About how many total people were killed at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Chancellorsville,
Spotsylvania, and Antietam?
Effects of the Civil War
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Almost 620,000 Americans lost their
lives during the four years of fighting.
The defeat of the South end slavery
there.
The southern had no homes or jobs.
The southern economy was in ruins.