MR. CHORTANOFF’S NOTES, courtesy of ALAN BRINKLEY’S THE UNFINISHED NATION (2000)
I. THE SECESSION CRISIS
THE WITHDRAWL OF THE SOUTH
(http://www.ushistory.org/us/32e.asp)
THE FAILURE OF COMPROMISE
THE OPPOSING SIDES
II. THE MOBILIZATION OF THE NORTH
OVERVIEW
ECONOMIC MEASURES
RAISING THE UNION ARMIES
WARTIME POLITICS
THE POLITICS OF EMANCIPATION
THE WAR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WOMEN, NURSING, AND THE WAR
(http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/luas/luastext/items.htm)
III. THE MOBILIZATION OF THE SOUTH
OVERVIEW
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT
MONEY AND MANPOWER
(http://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-civil-war-volunteers-1861-granger.html)
STATES’ RIGHTS VERSUS CENTRALIZATION
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS OF THE WAR
IV. STRATEGY AND DIPLOMACY
OVERVIEW: MILITARILY AND DIPLOMATICALLY
(http://faculty.sheltonstate.edu/~cboening/maps/U.S./Civil%20War%20%20Progress%20Year%20by%20Year.png)
THE COMMANDERS
(http://www.themoralliberal.com/2011/04/11/the-civil-war-and-the-observance-of-sunday/ and
http://www.biography.com/people/jefferson-finis-davis-9267899)
THE ROLE OF SEA POWER
EUROPE AND THE DISUNITED STATES
V. CAMPAIGNS AND BATTLES
OVERVIEW: IMPACT AND COMPARISION
THE OPENING CLASHES, 1861
THE WESTERN THEATER, 1862
(http://www.wall-maps.com/Classroom/HISTORY/US/Civil-War-West-1861-1863.asp)
(http://faculty.sheltonstate.edu/~cboening/maps/U.S./Civil%20War%20in%20the%20West.JPG)
THE VIRGINIA FRONT, 1862
(http://carnageandculture.blogspot.com/2009/02/by-patrick-j.html and
http://www.eohistory.info/Biographies/GenMcClellan.htm)
(http://faculty.sheltonstate.edu/~cboening/maps/U.S./Civil%20War%20in%20Virginia%20and%20Maryl
and%20(1862).JPG)
**(3RD EXAM TOPICS) 1863:YEAR OF DECISION
(http://faculty.sheltonstate.edu/~cboening/maps/U.S./Civil%20War%20(Virginia%20and%20Gett
ysburg%201863).JPG)
THE LAST STAGE, 1864-1865