Alan Brinkley, AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e The Civil War
The Secession Crisis Southern Nationalism Secession Of South Carolina-1860 Pickett s Charge at Gettysburg (The Palma Collection / Getty Images ) 2
The Secession Crisis The Withdrawal of the South Establishment of the Confederacy The Process of Secession 3
The Secession Crisis The Failure of Compromise Crittenden Compromise Civil War-Era Washington (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 4
The Secession Crisis Fort Sumter-April 14,1861 The War Begins -Confederate Victory 5 Fort Sumter, SC
6 The Secession Crisis Opposing Sides Union Advantages More Industrialized Economy Southern Advantages Greater Commitment Stronger Exp. Commanders Union and Confederate Resources
The Mobilization of the North Economic Measures Republican Economic Policy National Bank Acts Financing the War 7
The Mobilization of the North Raising the Union Armies Draft Riots New York-1863 War by Railroad 8
The Mobilization of the North Wartime Politics Wartime Repression 1864 Election Lincoln (R) vs. General McClellan (D) 9
The Mobilization of the North The Politics of Emancipation Confiscation Acts Only Applied to States in Rebellion Emancipation Proclamation Ex-slave children freed by Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation line up outdoors at Freedmen's Village, a temporary settlement at Alexandria, Virginia, ca. 1863. (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 10
The Mobilization of the North African Americans and the Union Cause Black Enlistment Mistreatment of Black Soldiers Higher Mortality Rates 11 African-American Troops (Library of Congress)
The Mobilization of the North The War and Economic Development Hard Times for Workers 12
The Mobilization of the North Women, Nursing, and the War U.S. Sanitary Commission Traditional Gender Roles Reinforced Nursing and Medicine The U.S. Sanitary Commission (NARA) 13 Clara Barton
The Mobilization of the South The Confederate Government Davis s Leadership Confederate Constitution Almost Identical to U.S. Constitution Southern Divisions Many Southerners Resisted J. Davis Jefferson Davis (RoyaltyFree/CORBIS) 14
The Mobilization of the South Money and Manpower Funding Problems Printing Money and Inflation Raising the Confederate Army Manpower Shortages Stonewall Jackson 15
The Mobilization of the South States Rights versus Centralization Centralization Economic and Social Effects of the War Economic Woes New Roles for Women 16
Abraham Lincoln visits General McClellan after Antietam (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 17
Strategy and Diplomacy The Commanders Lincoln s Leadership Commander-in-Chief Gen. Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee (Portrait Gallery) 18
Strategy and Diplomacy The Role of Sea Power The Union Blockade Ironclads Monitor vs. Virginia 19 USS Monitor
Strategy and Diplomacy Europe and the Disunited States King Cotton Diplomacy Trent Affair The American West and the War Guerrilla War in the West 20
The Course of Battle High Casualties Dead Union Soldiers at Antietam, 1862 (Library of Congress) 21
The Course of Battle The Technology of Battle Repeating Weapons Importance of the Railroad The Telegraph Hot-air Balloons Submarines CSN Hunley Torpedoes 22
Union Infantry officers examine a cannon emplacement (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 23
Soldiers guard a train on a Union Army-built trestle on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad near Manassas, Virginia, ca. 1863. (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 24
The Course of Battle The Opening Clashes, 1861 First Battle of Bull Run Wilson s Creek 25 The battlefield at Bull Run, 1861 (Library of Congress)
The Course of Battle The Western Theater New Orleans Captured-April 1862 Confederate Trade Stopped Major Union victory Shiloh Union Successes in the West Ulysses S. Grant 26
27 The War in the West, 1861-1863
The Course of Battle The Virginia Front, 1862 George McClellan Seven Pines Stalemate in the East Union Forces win few Victories Antietam-Sept. 1862 Gen. McClellan Removed George McClellan (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 28
29 The Virginia Theater, 1861-1863
The Course of Battle 1863: Year of Decision Battle of Chancellorsville-May 1863 Confederate Victory Gen. Jackson killed by Friendly Fire Battle of Vicksburg-May/July 1863 Confederacy Split in Two Battle of Gettysburg-July 1863 Lee s Last Attempt to Invade the North Battle of Chattanooga 30
31 The Siege of Vicksburg, May-July 1863
32 Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863
The Course of Battle The Last Stage, 1864-1865 Grant s Strategy Wilderness Campaign Grant vs. Lee Capture of Atlanta March to the Sea Sherman tries to Demoralize the South Appomattox Courthouse-April 1865 Gen. Lee Surrenders 33
Virginia Campaigns, 1864-1865 34
Sherman s March to the Sea, 1864-1865 35
The McLean House in Appomattox Courthouse (Royalty-Free / CORBIS) 36
Conclusion Impact of the North s Victory New York s 7th Regiment on Parade (Seventh Regiment Armory, NYC) 37
Where Historians Disagree: The Causes of the Civil War 38 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
America in the World: The Consolidation of Nations A soldier of the 8th Pennsylvania Infantry displays his unit's tattered regimental flag. (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 39 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Patterns of Popular Culture: Baseball and the Civil War 40 2010, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.