5 Significant Events That

Determined The US Civil

War
Created By: Dillon Woodrum
 The Presidents Approval
• With the election of President
Abraham Lincoln, in the 1860
election, the tensions that were
already peaking between the
Northern and Southern portions of
United States of America in the
1850s only were magnified.
• As a member of the Republican
Party, President Lincoln constructed
an environment that was
 The Presidents Approval,
cont.

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 Geographic Advantages
• General Winfield Scott is accredited as
the master mind behind the Anaconda
Plan.
• His idea was that a Union blockade of
the main ports in the Atlantic and Gulf
would weaken the Confederate
economy; then the capture of the
Mississippi River would split the South
to the east and west.
• In May 1861, Lincoln enacted the Union
blockade of all Southern ports, ending
 Geographic Advantages,
cont.

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 With Support of The Queens
Men
• In 1862, the British considered mediation—
though even such an offer would have
risked war with the U.S.
• The Union victory in the Battle of Antietam
caused them to delay this decision. The
Emancipation Proclamation further
reinforced the political liability of
supporting the Confederacy.
• Despite sympathy for the Confederacy,
France's own seizure of Mexico ultimately
deterred them from war with the Union.
• Confederate offers late in the war to end
slavery in return for diplomatic recognition
 Power In Numbers
•
• Union - Total Population 22,100,000 (71%)
• CSA - Total Population 9,100,000 (29%)
• Union - Free Population 21,700,000
• CSA - Free Population 5,600,000
• Union - 1860 Border State Slaves 400,000
• CSA - 1860 Southern Slaves 3,500,000
• Union - Soldiers 2,100,000 (67%)
• CSA - Soldiers 1,064,000 (33%)
• Union - Railroad Miles 21,788 (71%)
• CSA - Railroad Miles 8,838 (29%)
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Source: Railroad mileage is from: Chauncey Depew (ed.), One Hundred Years of
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American Commerce 1795–1895, p. 111; For other data see: 1860 US census and
Carter, Susan B., ed. The Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition
(5 vols), 2006. CSA – Pre-War U.S. Exports 70%
 Supply and Demand
• Union - Manufactured Items 90%
• CSA - Manufactured Items 10%
• Union - Firearm Production 97%
• CSA - Firearm Production 3%
• Union - Pre-War U.S. Exports 30%
• CSA – Pre-War U.S. Exports 70%

Source: Railroad mileage is from: Chauncey Depew (ed.), One Hundred Years of
American Commerce 1795–1895, p. 111; For other data see: 1860 US census and
Carter, Susan B., ed. The Historical Statistics of the United States:
Millennial Edition (5 vols), 2006. CSA – Pre-War U.S. Exports 70%
 Civil War Results, In
Conclusion
• Slavery, as a recognized institution, was
terminated with the surrender by the
Confederacy.
• Trench warfare, along with many new
techniques and technologies were born
during the four major years of war.
• The harsh stance taken by the Union
following the final battles, a period
referred to as the Recession, developed
an ever long separation between