Carefully read pages 510-515 of your textbook.

You are a college student in Charleston, South Carolina in early 1861. Seven southern states have left the Union and formed their own government. All-out war seems unavoidable. Your friends have begun to volunteer for either the Union army or the Confederate forces. You are torn between loyalty to your home state and to the United States.

Would you join the Union or the Confederate army?Give at least 2 reasons and support your decision

with facts from your reading.

Fort Sumter – federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

Border States – slave states that stayed in the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri.

Winfield Scott – commanded U.S. army at the outset of the Civil War and developed the 3-part strategy for the North called the “Anaconda” plan.

Cotton Diplomacy – idea that Great Britain & France would support the Confederate due to their need for cotton to supply the textile industry.

Inaugurated on March 4, 1861.

Encouraged Constitutional Amendments for slavery.

Condemned the Southern right to secede.

Vowed to protect Federal property.

Promised to not attack the South first.

Population – 22 million22,000 miles of railIndustry and agriculture

expand to support the war.

Stable economic system.Developed economyBanking systemsCurrency –

“greenbacks”

Population – 9 million*

9,000 miles of railUnion blockade

limits Confederate imports and exports .

Devalued money hurts economy .

Southern Resources

90% of all manufacturing is in the North

# of soldiersNavy – blockadeAbraham Lincoln

Strong military tradition

Good military leadership

Fight defensive warFamiliar with areasForeign simpathy

Confederate Advantages

List two advantages of the Union.

List two advantages of the Confederacy.

Confederacy

“Anaconda” planNaval blockade of southern portsControl of Mississippi River.

Plan will take timeUnion must increase NavyConfederacy still able to import/export early in

plan’s implementation.

Describe the 3 parts of the “Anaconda” plan.

Describe the Confederate war strategy.

Secession breaks apart the Federal Army.

Both sides call for thousands of volunteers.

Union – restoration of the country.

Confederacy – defend homes.

Enlisted in the Armies.

Sanitation Commision

NursingSpies

1. In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

2. In his inaugural address, Lincoln promised to end slavery all over the South.

3. Fort Sumter, a federal outpost in Charleston, SC, was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

4. Wedged between the North and the South were the key border states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri.

5. Cotton diplomacy was the idea that France would support the Confederacy because it needed the South’s raw cotton supply.

Read pages 510-515 of the handout “The War Begins”.

On a separate piece of notebook paper, use complete sentences to answer questions #1-3 on page 515.