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The Civil War
by Lee McNulty
In the North known as…
The War Between the States
In the South known as…
The War of Northern Aggression
What You Know or Think You Know
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What was the cause or causes of the war?
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Was it all about slavery?
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Economics?
Disputes over type of government?
Culture?
REGIONALISM
Where did all this animosity come
from?
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Were the differences among Colonial delelgations
every settled after the Revolutionary War?
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Articles of Confederation overthrown by supporters of the
Constitution
States Rights vs. Strong Central Government
Power of representation in Congress
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3/5ths Compromise – 1787
Missouri Compromise - 1820
Kansas Nebraska Act – 1854
What was behind each one of these compromises?
The United States in 1860
States that Remained in the Union
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the Union consisted of 23 states and 22,000,000 people
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Maine
Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
California
Minnesota
Oregon
Delaware
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
States that seceded and formed the
Confederate States of America
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the
Confederacy
consisted of
11 states and
only
9,000,000
people which
included
3,500,000
slaves
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South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee
Border States
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Delaware
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Maryland
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split between CSA and USA sympathizers
Union troops kept the state in the USA
Kentucky
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Industries used by North, never threat to leave
Officially neutral but literally split in two
State had two capitols-one CSA, one USA
Missouri
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Neutral but Union invasion pushed many to CSA side
How many Americans fought?
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The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to
2,750,000 men
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The Confederate strength, known less
accurately because of missing records, was
from 750,000 to 1,250,000
How many Americans died?
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Union losses, by
the best estimates:
 Battle deaths:
110,070
 Disease, etc.:
250,152
 Total =
360,222
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Confederate
losses, best
estimates:
 Battle deaths:
94,000
 Disease, etc.:
164,000
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258,000
What was the bloodiest war in
American history?
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Revolutionary War – 4,000 dead
Mexican War - 13,000 dead
World War I - 116,000 dead
World War II - 406,000 dead
Korean Conflict - 55,000 dead
Vietnam War - 109,000 dead
Gulf War - 9,000 dead
I bet you want to know more….
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History Channel
Civil War (1860-1865)
The Valley of the Shadow: Two
Communities in the American Civil War
The Civil War | PBS