Chapter 16 Notes #1
U.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 16 SECTION 1 THE CIVIL WAR
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) WHAT IS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE? 2) WHAT IS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? 3) WHAT IS THE DRED SCOTT DECISION? 4) WHAT IS THE KANSAS - NEBRASKA ACT? 5) WHO IS ROGER B. TANEY?
TERMS AND PEOPLE • BORDER STATES • BLOCKADE • OFFENSIVE • REBELS • YANKEES
TERMS AND PEOPLE • WEST VIRGINIA • JEFFERSON DAVIS • STATES’ RIGHTS
COMPARING NORTH AND SOUTH • NORTH ADVANTAGES • LARGE POPULATION • MORE INDUSTRY • MORE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES • BETTER BANKING SYSTEM • MORE SHIPS
• ALMOST ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
REGULAR NAVY STAYED LOYAL TO THE NORTH.
• LARGER MORE EFFICIENT RAILROAD SYSTEM.
• LEADERSHIP - ABRAHAM LINCOLN
NORTH DISADVANTAGES • NEEDED TO BRING SOUTHERN STATES BACK TO THE UNION.
• INVADE AND HOLD THE SOUTH. • THE SOUTH POPULATION REMAINED LOYAL TO THE REBEL CAUSE.
SOUTH ADVANTAGES • STRONG WAR SUPPORT FROM ITS WHITE POPULATION
• FIGHTING ON FAMILIAR TERRITORY • DEFENDING THEIR HOMES, LAND, AND WAY OF LIFE
• MILITARY LEADERSHIP AT FIRST IS SUPERIOR IN THE SOUTH.
• JEFFERSON DAVIS - LEADERSHIP
SOUTH DISADVANTAGES • SMALLER POPULATION OF FREEMEN • FEW FACTORIES • SMALL RAILROAD SYSTEM • COULD NOT PRODUCE THE FOOD,
WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR WAR FAST ENOUGH.
NORTH’S GOALS • BRING THE SOUTH BACK TO THE UNION.
• AT FIRST ENDING SLAVERY WAS NOT A MAJOR GOAL.
• LATER IT BECOMES A VERY MAJOR GOAL.
SOUTH’S GOALS • WIN RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION.
• PRESERVE THEIR WAY OF LIFE - SLAVERY
NORTH’S STRATEGY • BLOCKADE SOUTHERN PORTS TO
KEEP GOODS FROM GETTING TO THE SOUTH.
• GAIN CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
• CAPTURE THE CAPITAL OF THE
CONFEDERACY. RICHMOND,VIRGINIA
SOUTH’S STRATEGY • HOLD ITS TERRITORY • HOPED THAT IF THEY HELDED LONG ENOUGH ENGLAND AND FRANCE WOULD PRESSURE THE NORTH TO STOP THE WAR.
• BECAUSE FRANCE AND ENGLAND WANTED SOUTHERN COTTON.
SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR • THE AVERAGE AGE OF A SOLDIER WAS 25
• ABOUT 40% WERE 21 OR YOUNGER • THE CONFEDERACY WAS MADE UP OF MOSTLY FARMERS
•
SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR • NORTH HAD 2.1 MILLION SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.
• SOUTH HAD 850,000 SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.
• ABOUT 200,000 OF THE NORTH’S
SOLDIERS WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
BOARD QUESTIONS 1) WHAT IS THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE? 2) WHAT IS THE COMPROMISE OF 1850? 3) WHAT IS THE DRED SCOTT DECISION? 4) WHAT IS THE KANSAS - NEBRASKA ACT? 5) WHO IS ROGER B. TANEY?
TERMS AND PEOPLE • BORDER STATES • BLOCKADE • OFFENSIVE • REBELS • YANKEES
TERMS AND PEOPLE • WEST VIRGINIA • JEFFERSON DAVIS • STATES’ RIGHTS
COMPARING NORTH AND SOUTH • NORTH ADVANTAGES • LARGE POPULATION • MORE INDUSTRY • MORE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES • BETTER BANKING SYSTEM • MORE SHIPS
• ALMOST ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE
REGULAR NAVY STAYED LOYAL TO THE NORTH.
• LARGER MORE EFFICIENT RAILROAD SYSTEM.
• LEADERSHIP - ABRAHAM LINCOLN
NORTH DISADVANTAGES • NEEDED TO BRING SOUTHERN STATES BACK TO THE UNION.
• INVADE AND HOLD THE SOUTH. • THE SOUTH POPULATION REMAINED LOYAL TO THE REBEL CAUSE.
SOUTH ADVANTAGES • STRONG WAR SUPPORT FROM ITS WHITE POPULATION
• FIGHTING ON FAMILIAR TERRITORY • DEFENDING THEIR HOMES, LAND, AND WAY OF LIFE
• MILITARY LEADERSHIP AT FIRST IS SUPERIOR IN THE SOUTH.
• JEFFERSON DAVIS - LEADERSHIP
SOUTH DISADVANTAGES • SMALLER POPULATION OF FREEMEN • FEW FACTORIES • SMALL RAILROAD SYSTEM • COULD NOT PRODUCE THE FOOD,
WEAPONS AND SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR WAR FAST ENOUGH.
NORTH’S GOALS • BRING THE SOUTH BACK TO THE UNION.
• AT FIRST ENDING SLAVERY WAS NOT A MAJOR GOAL.
• LATER IT BECOMES A VERY MAJOR GOAL.
SOUTH’S GOALS • WIN RECOGNITION AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION.
• PRESERVE THEIR WAY OF LIFE - SLAVERY
NORTH’S STRATEGY • BLOCKADE SOUTHERN PORTS TO
KEEP GOODS FROM GETTING TO THE SOUTH.
• GAIN CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
• CAPTURE THE CAPITAL OF THE
CONFEDERACY. RICHMOND,VIRGINIA
SOUTH’S STRATEGY • HOLD ITS TERRITORY • HOPED THAT IF THEY HELDED LONG ENOUGH ENGLAND AND FRANCE WOULD PRESSURE THE NORTH TO STOP THE WAR.
• BECAUSE FRANCE AND ENGLAND WANTED SOUTHERN COTTON.
SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR • THE AVERAGE AGE OF A SOLDIER WAS 25
• ABOUT 40% WERE 21 OR YOUNGER • THE CONFEDERACY WAS MADE UP OF MOSTLY FARMERS
•
SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR • NORTH HAD 2.1 MILLION SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.
• SOUTH HAD 850,000 SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR.
• ABOUT 200,000 OF THE NORTH’S
SOLDIERS WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS.
