The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. In response, President Lincoln called for troops from the Union states to put down the Southern uprising. A key early event was Virginia deciding to join the Confederacy, giving the South an important state in terms of wealth, population, and military leaders like Robert E. Lee. The Union had significant advantages over the Confederacy in population, manufacturing, railroads, and other industrial resources. The Union aimed to defeat the South by destroying its economy through a blockade of Southern ports. However, the Confederacy had advantages as well, including skilled generals and fighting to defend their homes.

1. WAR ERUPTS

2. FORT SUMTER – a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina South attacked on April 12,1861 to officially start the Civil War

3. Lincoln calls out troops to put down the uprising

4. Virginia decides to go with the South Virginia is a key state because of wealth, large population and home of great military leaders

5. ROBERT E LEE – general in charge of Confederate troops during the Civil War

6. BORDER STATES – states that are located between the Union and the Confederacy BORDER STATES: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri

9. Kentucky is a key state because it contains so many key rivers to be used for transportation

10. RESOURCES IN 1860 Confederacy Union TOTAL U.S. POPULATION TOTAL U.S. MANUFACTURING PLANTS

11. RESOURCES IN 1860 Confederacy Union TOTAL U.S. RAILROAD MILES TOTAL U.S. INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

12. President Lincoln is a great leader and one of the biggest advantages the Union has

13. Union has a huge advantage over the South in terms of people and resources Union also has a huge advantage in factories, railroad miles and navy shipyards

14. UNION PLAN – destroy the South’s economy so they are forced to end the war

15. ANACONDA PLAN – the Union plan to shut off all Southern trade and ruin their economy

17. BLOCKADE – when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area

18. Union also wants to capture the Confederate capital city – Richmond, Virginia

20. South wants war to last as long as possible – force the Union to eventually give up

21. KING COTTON – cotton becomes the major economic product of the South and basis of the economy

22. South tries to force England and France to help with their war effort by refusing to send cotton – plan does not work

23. FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN – first major battle of the Civil War, fought near Washington, DC – was a Confederate victory

24. GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON rallies the Southern troops to victory

26. the Confederate win in this battle stuns the Union the Union had thought they would win the war in a couple of weeks

27. THE END