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Chapter 9: the Civil War, 1861-1865 Chapter The Civil War 1861–1865 SECTION 1 The Opposing Sides SECTION 2 The Early Stages SECTION 3 Life During the War SECTION 4 The Turning Point SECTION 5 The War Ends The Third Minnesota Infantry Regiment marches into Little Rock, Arkansas, September 11, 1863. 1862 • Battle of 1859 Antietam halts • John Brown leads Lincoln Lee’s invasion raid on federal 1861 1861–1865 • Lincoln presents arsenal at Harpers • Fort Sumter attacked Emancipation Ferry, Virginia • First Battle of Bull Run Proclamation U.S. PRESIDENTS U.S. EVENTS 1860 1861 1862 WORLD EVENTS 1859 1861 1862 • Work on the • Russian serfs • British firm builds Confederate Suez Canal emancipated by warship Alabama which begins begins in Egypt Czar Alexander II sinking Union shipping 312 Chapter 9 The Civil War MAKING CONNECTIONS How Is Modern Warfare Different? The Civil War was in many respects the first modern war. Both sides fielded large armies equipped with mass- produced weapons. Railroads and the telegraph ensured rapid communications and troop movements. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed. • Why was the North able to defeat the South? • How did specifi c battles affect President Lincoln’s political decisions? 1863 Outlining Compromise Efforts Create a • Battle of Gettysburg Half Book Foldable that lists the failure of com- 1865 • Vicksburg is captured promise efforts before the Civil War. Complete • Lee surrenders the chart by showing the series of compromises 1864 to Grant A. Johnson 1865–1869 attempted. Describe each compromise effort in • Atlanta falls; Sherman begins • Abraham the left-hand ise march to the sea Lincoln mprom Ou Co ts tcomes • Grant battles Lee in Virginia assassinated column. In the Effor right-hand column, describe the 1863 1864 1865 outcome of each compromise. 1863 1864 • French troops • Karl Marx founds First occupy Mexico City International Workingmen’s )JTUPSZ 0/-*/& Chapter Overview Association to promote socialism Visit glencoe.com to preview Chapter 9. Chapter 9 The Civil War 313 Section 1 The Opposing Sides t the start of the Civil War, the North and South Guide to Reading A each had distinct advantages and disadvantages. Big Ideas Both sides expected the conflict to end quickly. Instead, Government and Society The the Civil War became a long, bloody, and bitter struggle Confederacy’s weak central government in which neither side won an easy triumph. had difficulty coordinating the war effort. Content Vocabulary • greenback (p. 315) Choosing Sides • conscription (p. 316) MAIN Idea The Union had economic advantages at the start of the Civil • habeas corpus (p. 316) War, but was politically divided; if the Confederacy could gain European sup- • attrition (p. 319) port and wear down the North, it had a chance at victory. Academic Vocabulary HISTORY AND YOU Do you believe the government should limit civil liber- ties during wartime? Read on to learn how President Lincoln decided to sus- • sufficient (p. 316) pend writs of habeas corpus during the Civil War. • implement (p. 319) People and Events to Identify On the same day that he learned his home state of Virginia had • Robert E. Lee (p. 314) voted to secede from the Union, Robert E. Lee—one of the most • Copperheads (p. 316) respected senior officers in the United States Army—received an • James Mason (p. 317) offer from General Winfield Scott to command the Union’s troops. • John Slidell (p. 317) Although Lee had spoken against secession and considered slavery • Trent Affair (p. 317) “a moral and political evil,” he wrote, “I cannot raise my hand against • Anaconda Plan (p. 319) my birthplace, my home, my children.” Instead, he resigned from the army and offered his services to the Confederacy. Reading Strategy Lee was only one of hundreds of military officers who had to Taking Notes Use the major headings choose whether to support the Union or the Confederacy. Eventually in this section to create an outline simi- 313 officers, or about one-third of the total, resigned to join the lar to the one below, to record the Confederacy. The South had a strong military tradition. In 1860 the advantages and disadvantages of the United States had eight military colleges, and seven of them were in North and the South at the start of the South. These colleges provided the South with a large number of the Civil War. trained officers to lead its armies. Just as the South had a strong military tradition, the North had a I. The Opposing Sides A. strong naval tradition. More than three-quarters of the United States B. C. Navy’s officers came from the North. Perhaps even more important, D. most of the navy’s warships and all but one of the country’s shipyards E. II. remained under Union control. The Opposing Economies Although the South had many experienced officers to lead its troops in battle, the North had several economic advantages. In 1860 the population of the North was about 22 million, while the South had about 9 million people, about one-third of whom were enslaved. The North’s larger population gave it a great advantage in raising an army and in supporting the war effort. The North’s 314 Chapter 9 The Civil War The Opposing Sides ▲ Confederate soldiers of the 3rd Georgia Infantry (above) fought under Lee’s command during the Peninsula campaign. The Confederacy had fewer soldiers but many of the nation’s best officers. Resources of the Union and of the Confederacy ▲ Men of the 110th Pennsylvania Infantry Union Confederacy Regiment at Falmouth, Virginia, April 1863. 100 92% 90% 94% Union troops were generally better equipped 82% 80 than Confederate forces. 71% 72% 67% 60 56% 44% Analyzing VISUALS 40 29% 28% 33% 18% 1. Interpreting Based on the graph, 20 10% 8% 6% what were the North’s greatest advan- 0 tages over the South? Iron goods ships Exports capital 2. Assessing Which of the North’s Miles of Numberof farms Banking Population Merchant production advantages do you think were most Manufactured railroad track important in winning the war? Why? Source: Historical Statistics of the United States. industries gave the region an important eco- Financing the War nomic advantage over the South as well. In 1860 almost 90 percent of the nation’s factories Both the North and the South had to act were in the North. They produced more than quickly to raise money for the war. The North 90 percent of the country’s clothing, boots, and enjoyed several financial advantages. In addi- shoes, and 94 percent of its pig iron (unrefined tion to controlling the national treasury, the iron), vital for manufacturing weapons and Union could expect continued revenue from equipment. tariffs. Many Northern banks also held large Both sides were able to produce the food reserves of cash, which they lent the govern- they needed. Although much of the South’s ment by purchasing bonds. fertile land was used for the production of cash Concern about the North’s ability to win the crops, such as cotton and tobacco, Southern war caused many people to withdraw gold and farmers also grew rice and great quantities of silver from the banks. Without gold and silver, corn. The problem facing the South was not its the banks could not buy government bonds, ability to produce food, but its ability to dis- and without the gold and silver from the sale tribute it once the war began. It had only half of bonds, the government could not pay its as many miles of railroad track as the North suppliers and troops. To solve this problem, and had only one line—from Memphis to Congress passed the Legal Tender Act in Chattanooga—connecting the western states February 1862. This act created a national cur- of the Confederacy to the east. This made it rency and allowed the government to issue much easier for Northern forces to disrupt the paper money. These paper bills came to be movement of food and troops. known as greenbacks because of their color. Chapter 9 The Civil War 315 In contrast to the Union, the Confederacy’s order that requires the government either to financial situation was poor, and it became charge an imprisoned person with a crime or worse over time. Most Southern planters were let the person go free. When writs of habeas in debt and unable to buy bonds. At the same corpus are suspended, a person can be impris- time, Southern banks were small and had few oned indefinitely without trial. In this case, cash reserves. As a result, they could not buy President Lincoln suspended the writ for any- many bonds. one who openly supported the rebels or The best hope for the South to raise money encouraged others to resist the militia draft. was by taxing trade. Shortly after the war Lincoln justified imposing limits on speech in began, however, the Union Navy blockaded wartime: “Must I shoot a simple-minded sol- Southern ports, which reduced trade and rev- dier boy who deserts,” the president asked, enue. The Confederacy then imposed new “while I must not touch a hair of a wily agita- taxes on property and farm products, but many tor who induces him to desert?” Southerners refused to pay. Lacking sufficient money from taxes or Weak Southern Government bonds, the Confederacy was forced to print paper money to pay its bills. This caused rapid Although the South had no organized inflation in the South. Confederate paper opposition party, President Jefferson Davis still money became almost worthless. By the end of faced many problems. The Confederate consti- the war, the South had experienced 9,000 per- tution emphasized states’ rights and limited cent inflation, compared to only 80 percent in the central government’s power.
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