Transcript in the fort

BE PREPARED:
 Grab both papers from the table
 Get 3 COLORS!
REMEMBER…
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 Finish the year strong!
HOMEWORK:
 PRESIDENTS TEST (PERIODS 2, 4, AND 8)
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1) Why did many of the southern states leave the Union
once Lincoln was elected President?
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2) a) Which region of the south was the first to secede?
b) Why?
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3) Why were the Union and Confederacy fighting over Fort
Sumter?
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4) Which side took over the fort after the first battle of the
Civil War?
All U.S. belongings (including
forts) will be held onto, secession
is impossible, and if arms were
used against the U.S. it would be
seen as a rebellion and the
country would use force back
Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC
The first shots of the Civil War were at Fort Sumter in South Carolina…
Why do you think the Union and Confederates were fighting over the fort?
Union
(in the fort)
Confederates
(firing into the fort)
Why was it important for
MD to stay in the Union?
KEY
= Union states
= Confederate states
= Border States (slave
states remaining in the Union)
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Union
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
“A house divided against
itself cannot stand."
I believe this government
cannot endure,
permanently half slave
and half free.”
The North
Preservation of the
Union above all else
The power of the
Federal Government
over that of
individual states
The South
“We seek no conquest.
All we ask is to be left
alone.”
States’ Rights over
those of the Federal
Government
Considered breaking
away from the Union
similar to the
Revolutionary War
The North
• Had many people to grow food and work
in factories
• Factories to produce weapons
• Railroads to transport food and supplies
• Larger population – 20 million over
Southern 9 million - more soldiers to fight
• Most of the Nation’s food was grown in
the North
• Unfamiliar with the land (terrain)
• Transport troops, supplies…
The South
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Fought a defensive war to protect their
homes
Superior Generals
“Home field” advantage
Confederate soldiers were farmers who
knew how to hunt and live off the land
Fewer soldiers
Lack of sufficient resources
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ANACONDA PLAN
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1) Navy will blockade Southern ports (cut off
supplies from Europe)
2) Seize Confederate capital (Richmond, Va.)
3) Seize control of the Mississippi River (separate
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas from
Confederacy)
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3) Capture
Mississippi River
1) Blockade Southern
Ports
2) Seize Richmond, VA.
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1) Fight a defensive war (until northerners
became tired of fighting)
2) Count on European money and supplies
(withhold cotton until nations help)
If the answer is…
A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU
C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING”
D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE
Maryland was an important border
state because…
A. if it seceded, the Union capital would be cut off
B. they had a lot of slaves that could immediately join
the Union Army
 C. it produced a lot of cotton that the Union could use
to raise money for the war
 D. it housed all of the Army’s weapons
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If the answer is…
A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU
C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING”
D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE
The Confederacy believed in…
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A.
B.
C.
D.
the rights of the federal government
states’ rights
the idea of popular sovereignty
preserving the Union
If the answer is…
A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU
C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING”
D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE
All of the following were strengths of
the Union entering the war EXCEPT…
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A.
B.
C.
D.
having a lot of factories
having a larger population
having superior generals
having more of the nation’s food
If the answer is…
A. Yell, “I LOVE HISTORY, WOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
B. FIST BUMP A PERSON NEAR YOU
C. SING THE LYRICS, “DON’T STOP BELIEVING”
D. DO THE CHICKEN DANCE
Once the Civil War broke out, Missouri,
Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were…
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A.
B.
C.
D.
slave states that seceded to the Confederacy
slave states that stayed in the Union
free states that fought the Confederacy
granted popular sovereignty and remained in the
Union