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U.S History Name: ______________________________
Mr. Jensen Second Quarter
THE CIVIL WAR: NORTH VS. SOUTH
I. Complete the chart below to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both North and South during the Civil War (1861-1865)
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II. Complete the separate maps for both North and South, using your textbook as a resource. Follow the directions below:
A. Identify and label all 11 Confederate states and 22 of the 24 Union states (California and Oregon do not appear on the map)
B. Identify with a dot and label the capitals of the North and South throughout the war.
C. Color in the so-called “border states” that allowed slavery but remained loyal to the Union
D. Identify with a starburst and label the following major Civil War battles:
Bull Run (1861, 1862) Shiloh (1862)
Antietam (1862) New Orleans (1862)
Chancellorsville (1863) Vicksburg (1863)
Gettysburg (1863) Petersburg (1864-65)
Atlanta (1864)
U.S History Name: ______________________________
Mr. Jensen Second Quarter
THE CIVIL WAR: NORTH VS. SOUTH
I. Complete the chart below to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of both North and South during the Civil War (1861-1865)
|Side |Advantages |Disadvantages |
|North (Union) |*larger population (22 million) |*North had to fully defeat the South by |
| |* 91% of national industry |occupying/subduing it |
| |*71% of all railway mileage |*inept military leadership at the start of the war |
| |*control of most of the naval fleet |*not all politicians supported the war (ex: |
| |*Abraham Lincoln’s leadership – |Copperheads) |
| |- decided to preserve the Union |*conscription became very unpopular – led to draft |
| |- called up troops |riots by 1863 |
| |- suspended civil liberties | |
| |- great orator | |
| |-student of human nature | |
| |*capable Cabinet officers, including | |
| |- Secretary of State Seward, | |
| |- Secretary of War Stanton, | |
| |- Secretary of the Navy Welles, | |
| |- Secretary of the Treasury Chase | |
| |*fighting to preserve the Union and (by the end of| |
| |the war) end slavery | |
| |*ability to raise money through income taxes, bond| |
| |sales, and national banks | |
| |*issuance of “greenbacks” kept the money supply | |
| |growing/flowing | |
| |*clear strategy to defeat the South - Anaconda | |
| |Plan | |
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|South (Confederacy) |*fighting for independence and rights– |*smaller population (9 million, 3 million of whom |
| |“The Cause” |were slaves) |
| |*large territory (over 1,000 miles from Virginia |*very little industry |
| |to Texas) |*limited railway mileage |
| |*ability to use “interior lines” for |*limited naval forces |
| |defense |*limited financial resources |
| |*high morale |*fighting to preserve an immoral institution |
| |*fighting on home turf |(slavery) |
| |*better military leadership (Lee, |*food shortages due to Union blockade and drain of |
| |Jackson), especially early on |manpower into army |
| |*foreign sympathy due to British and |*high rates of inflation |
| |French dependency on Southern cotton, “cotton | |
| |diplomacy” | |
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Northern Greenback
ANACONDA PLAN
II. Complete the separate maps for both North and South, using your textbook as a resource. Follow the directions below:
E. Identify and label all 11 Confederate states and 22 of the 24 Union states (California and Oregon do not appear on the map)
F. Identify with a dot and label the capitals of the North and South throughout the war.
G. Color in the so-called “border states” that allowed slavery but remained loyal to the Union
H. Identify with a starburst and label the following major Civil War battles:
Bull Run (1861, 1862) Shiloh (1862)
Antietam (1862) New Orleans (1862)
Chancellorsville (1863) Vicksburg (1863)
Gettysburg (1863) Chickamauga (1863)
Petersburg (1864-65) Atlanta (1864)
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