Civil War

Melissa SharerW. Stiern Middle School

Ms. Marshall2009-2010

HSS 8.10

Civil War Began

• Started in Dec. of 1860, a number of states started to separate from the Union

• Lasted from 1861 to 1865

• 902 million people died

Causes & Effects of Civil War

Causes• Disagreement over the institution of slavery• Economic differences • Political differencesEffects • Slavery ends • 620,000 Americans killed• Military districts created• Southern economy in ruins

Who Fought in the Civil War?

• Union (north) vs. Confederates (south)

• Referred to as “War Between the States”

• Ulysses Grant, Robert Lee, Scott Hancock, Irvin McDowell, James Carleton, John Breckenridge, and Richard Ewell

Strategies or Tactics

• The Anaconda Plan• Art of War• Civil War Strategy, The Early Years• Confederate Strategy• Napoleonic Arithmetic• Principals Of War• Union Strategy

Life During the War

• While the nation was breaking apart, daily life continued in the cities, towns and farms of America

• Woman took up roles as factory workers, clerks, school teachers, and nurses

• Camp life was primative, housing was mostly of tents, and food was cooked over an open fire

Most Important Battles Of the Civil War

• 5,050 total battles 50 major battles and 5,000 minor battles

• Most important battles: First Bull Run, Seven Days’ Battle, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Fort Sumter, and Chattanooga

End of the Civil War

• Lee surrendered to Grant ending the civil war

• Abraham Lincoln had a Reconstruction Plan to help rebuild the southern states

• The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed ending slavery and finally giving African Americans rights

Reconstruction

• Lasted from 1865 to 1877• Reconstruction is the process of

readmitting the former Confederate states to the Union

• Ten Percent Plan was proposed • New Southern State Governments

were made

Reconstruction Ends

• Violence of the Ku Klux Klan was a challenge to reconstruction

• Republicans slowly lost control of the southern state governments to the Democratic Party

• Severe economic downturn began the Panic of 1873

Resources

“US Civil War 1861-1865” History Place. January 27, 2010 www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html

White, Deborah Gray, Deverell, William. United States History. United States of America: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 2006. p 472-503