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My plans are perfect,and when I start to

carry them out, mayGod have mercy on

Bobby Lee, for I shallhave none.

-General Joe Hooker

The Civil War was one of the bloodiestwars in American History

Table of Contents1. Cover Page2. Resources of the North3. The North Prepares4. The Leaders of the Union5. Major Battles6. Minority Groups in the War7. Camplife8. The Homefront9. Effects of the War10. Reconstruction11. Bibliography

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Resources of the North vs. the South

(ratio)

Because the Northwas industrialized, it

had far greaterresources in almostevery way possible -

people, guns,railroads, ships, foodetc.

Naval Ship Tonnage

Iron production

Production of firearmsGrey - NorthBrown - South

Source: Textbook page 339

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The North called for 75000

men, who would serve forthree months.

However, these men wereoften very inexperienced, asevident at Bull Run

The North Prepares

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The Leaders of the UnionGENERAL MEADE WINFIELD SCOTT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

General MeadeGeneral Meade is most famous for

being the commander of the Unionforces at Gettysburg. The battle wentwell for the North, and it is generallyconsidered a turning point in the war.

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the president of the

North during the Civil War. In fact, his electionwas the nal straw that caused the South tosecede. He was responsible for the EmancipationProclamation, which declared all slaves in theConfederacy to be free.

Wineld Scott A Mexican war hero, Wineld

Scotts most important contribution tothe North was his Anaconda Plan. Thisstrategy, though initially shunned, waseventually employed by the North.

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CHANCELLORSVILLE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS COLD HARBOR

Chancellorsville - rough approximation

Lee

Hooker

Jackson

While the battle itself was aloss for the union - Stonewall

Jackson did get killed.General Lee was never ableto replace him

Cold HarborThis was a terrible battle for General Grant.Despite outnumbering the enemy vastly, Grantlost. He attacked a heavily fortied position, andit cost him dearly.

Battle of the wilderness

Lee

Grant

This battle was the rst clashbetween General Grant andGeneral Lee. Though manydied, it was an indecisive battle.

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Due to immigration,the North many

more people to ghtthe war.

African Americans Fight a Warto End Slavery

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In 1862, African Americans were allowed into thearmy. With the Emancipation Proclamation,however, many started to sign up in droves.

% of non-African Americans (North)% of African Americans (North)

% of non-African Americans in the army (North)% of African Americans in the army (North)

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Camp Life[war is] short periods of intense fear and longperiods of intense boredom - J C Smuts.

Soldiers lived in cramped, unsanitary conditions with bad food and ofteninadequate supplies. The North did, in general, have better, and morenumerous supplies than the South.

Men who deserted were hunted down and executed.

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75000

150000

225000

300000

Death by disease vs. death on the battlefield

DiseaseBattleeld

Did no survive being woundedSurvived being wounded

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In general, life inthe North was muchbetter than that of

life in the South

The North Economy BoomsDue to a need by the government for weapons,food, clothing etc. the manufacturers thatproduced these things made large prots. $$$

Abraham Lincoln: Fighter for Justice or a Tyrant? Abraham Lincoln, in order to combat disorder in the Union (riots,spies, etc.) took away many liberties in places, like Habius Corpus andenforced marshal law

Unfortunately, wages did not rise with prots, andlooked something like this:

(Note: This is a visualization, not an actual datagraph)

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"A rich man's war anda poor man's ght..."

-Shelby Foot

The economy boomed for the North. In addition,the Federal Government became even morepowerful, and started the rst income tax.

While slavery was forever banned, equality wouldtake a very long time to get.

0 125000 250000 375000 500000

Killed Wounded TotalHundreds of thousand of Northerners died

The North is changed After the growth of federalpower, no state everthreatened to secede again.The s ta te and localgovernments both lostpower

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Resentment and racismgrew as a side effect of p r o t e c t i n g A f r i c a n

Americans. Every rightthat Freedmen g ot, WhiteSoutherners sa w as aninsult.

The Freedmen Must beProtected The North enacted many laws, like the 14thand 15th amendment, hat protected African

Americans by protecting their rights.

Lincolns assassination may have caused thereconstruction to not go as smoothly. He hadtried to forgive and forget. Had he beenpres iden t , Lincoln could have led thereconstruction, and the nation, far better than

Johnson.

"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedomto the free. Honorable alike in what we give andwhat we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanlylose, the last, best hope of earth."

-Abraham Lincoln

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Works Cited

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chancellorsville/section2.html >.

The Americans . Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2009. Print.

"Battle of Cold Harbor: The Folly and Horror." Civil War Trust: Saving America's Civil War Battlefields . Web. 08

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