Transcript The Civil War 1861 - 1865

Civil War Pregame Show
The Civil War 1861 - 1865
The Union
1.Major Leaders
2.Main Goal in Fighting
3.Strategies
4.Advantages
5.Disadvantages
MAJOR LEADERS
President of the United
States
President
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
General of Union troops in West
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5
George McClellan
General of Union troops in the East
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4
OTHER MAJOR GENERALS
William Tecumseh
Sherman
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5
Philip Sheridan
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4
NORTH’S REASON FOR FIGHTING
PRESERVE THE
UNION!!
(aka get the south back!)
STRATEGIES TO WIN
“The Anaconda Plan”
1. INVADE THE SOUTH
2. Capture the Capital
(Richmond VA)
3) BLOCKADE SOUTHERN
PORTS
UNION
ADVANTAGES
INDUSTRIES
RAILROADS
BETTER NAVY
MORE PEOPLE!
DISADVANTAGES
1. Must invade
to win
2. Poorly trained
troops
The Confederacy
1. Major Leaders
2. Reason for fighting
3. Strategy
4. Advantages
5. Disadvantages
President Jefferson Davis
General Robert E. Lee
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Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson
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7
OTHER GENERALS
P.T. Beauregard
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James Longstreet
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9!!!
REASON FOR FIGHTING
• Fighting for their
Independence!
STRATEGY FOR WINNING
1) Wear down the North
2) The South doesn’t have to
win, they just don’t have to
lose!
CONFEDERATE
ADVANTAGES
HOMEFIELD
ADVANTAGE
2) Better Troops &
Generals
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10!!!
3) They are fighting
for a cause: their
independence
DISADVANTAGES
1)
2)
3)
4)
few factories
very little railroads
weak central government
small population for troops
CRQ
1)
According to the chart in
which area did the north
have the greatest
advantage?
2)
Which advantage would
provide northerners with
an easy method of
transportation
3)
How would that
advantage help the north
during a war?