Transcript Preparing For War

QOD #4
• Read Beginning the Story pg. 140-141
• Answer:
– What attitudes do you see in Clara
Barton’ s life before the Civil War that
help explain her actions during the war?
– What character traits do you see in
Clara?
– What do you learn about the nature of
the war from Clara Barton’s story?
QOD #5
• Read Citizenship Lab pg. 134-137
and answer questions 1 and 2 in
the “Understanding Civic Issues
Heading” on page 137
I) Preparing For War
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
1. He called for 75,000 volunteers
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
1. He called for 75,000 volunteers
2. This caused the boarder states
to have to make a decision
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
1. He called for 75,000 volunteers
2. This caused the boarder states
to have to make a decision
a. Some decided to side w/ the
confederacy
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
1. He called for 75,000 volunteers
2. This caused the boarder states
to have to make a decision
a. Some decided to side w/ the
confederacy
b. Some sided w/ the Union
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
1. He called for 75,000 volunteers
2. This caused the boarder states
to have to make a decision
a. Some decided to side w/ the
confederacy
b. Some sided w/ the Union
c. Others did not know
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
3. Some states were divided as to
which side to go with causing
fighting with-in the state
A) With the attack on
Ft. Sumter, Lincoln
responded quickly
3. Some states were divided as to
which side to go with causing
fighting with-in the state
a. Brothers against brothers
B) Maryland
1. Surrounded D.C. on 3 sides,
necessity to be in Union
B) Maryland
1. Surrounded D.C. on 3 sides,
necessity to be in Union
2. Lincoln suspends habeas
corpus- must have a lawful
reason to be held in prison
B) Maryland
1. Surrounded D.C. on 3 sides,
necessity to be in Union
2. Lincoln suspends habeas
corpus- must have a lawful
reason to be held in prison
a. Arrests pro-confederate
leaders
C) Missouri
1. Sides fought fiercely, Lincoln
puts state under martial lawplace army in charge of state gov’t
D) Western Territories
1. Sided with Union
II) North’s Strengths
and Weaknesses
United States of America, Northern Union
A) The North had a
definite economic
advantage
A) The North had a
definite economic
advantage
1. Also, could build the necessary
weapons for war
A) The North had a
definite economic
advantage
1. Also, could build the necessary
weapons for war
2. Had over 70% of the population
A) The North had a
definite economic
advantage
1. Also, could build the necessary
weapons for war
2. Had over 70% of the population
3. Had a navy
B) Weaknesses
1. Lack of strong leaders
B) Weaknesses
1. Lack of strong leaders
2. Military was not prepared for
war
B) Weaknesses
1. Lack of strong leaders
2. Military was not prepared for
war
3. Capital near the South
B) Weaknesses
1. Lack of strong leaders
2. Military was not prepared for
war
3. Capital near the South
4. Did not have a “real reason to
fight”
B) Weaknesses
1. Lack of strong leaders
2. Military was not prepared for
war
3. Capital near the South
4. Did not have a “real reason to
fight”
a. Simply to preserve the Union
III) Southern Strengths
and Weaknesses
Areas claimed by CSA
Confederate States of America
A) Had a wealth of
good military leaders
1. Had a reason to fight
A) Had a wealth of
good military leaders
1. Had a reason to fight
a. if they did not win they would
lose their homes
A) Had a wealth of
good military leaders
1. Had a reason to fight
a. if they did not win they would
lose their homes
b. lose their freedom
B) Weaknesses
1. Small population
B) Weaknesses
1. Small population
2. Few factories
B) Weaknesses
1. Small population
2. Few factories
3. No navy
IV) Minorities in the
War
A) The Union believed
that the war would be
short, and many men
quickly enlisted
A) The Union believed
that the war would be
short, and many men
quickly enlisted
1. Thus, the did not accept AfricanAmericans into the army at first
B) Women also worked
in various facets
1. Some fought in disguises
B) Women also worked
in various facets
1. Some fought in disguises
2. Some served as spies and
nurses
V) Resources
Population
71%
Factories
85%
Production
Farmland
Railroad Miles
Union
92%
65%
71%
Confederate