American History Ch 11-1

1. Ch 11 section 1

2. Advantages and Disadvantages
 North
 South
 Larger population
 Smaller population
 22 million
 9 million
 More to choose from
 Less people to chose
for army and support
efforts for the war
from and less support
 Most of the generals
were from the south
 More well trained
soldiers

3. Financing the War
 North
 South
 Legal Tender Act
 Had to tax with tariffs
 Created a national
currency and allowed
the govt to print paper
money
 Greenbacks
 Paper money that
was green
 Inflation rate rose
80% during the war
 Northern Naval
Blockade made it
difficult for the South
to trade
 Taxed its own people
 Ppl were already in
debt and resented the
tax
 Printed its own money
 Was worthless—
created 9,000 %
inflation

4. Politics
 North
 South
 War Democrats
 States Rights
 Supported war and
wanted the union to
restore the way it was
 South was an
association of
independent states
 Peace Democrats
 Weak Federal govt.
 Opposed war and
 Made the war effort
wanted to negotiate
rather than fight
more difficult
 President Jefferson
 Copperheads-nickname
Davis
of peace democrats
 Conscription-forced
military service
 Habeas corpus-right to
a trial..Lincoln
 Tried conscription and
martial law—many
leaders dissented from
these ideas
 Trent affair-delegates
sent to Europe to gain

5. Modern War
 Used trenches and rifles created a deadly
situation where high casualties occurred
 Attrition-the wearing down of one side by another
 South picked battles carefully
 Attack and retreat method called a defensive war of
attrition
 North used the Anaconda plan
 Surround the South with navy and army and slowly
choke the south into surrender

6. Chapter 11-Section II
 Conscription-requiring people to serve in military
 North tried to get volunteers by offering a bounty
or bonus to those who served for three years
 Congress passed the Militia Act
 Gave Lincoln the authority to call up state militias
 Later a national draft was created
 Union navies used a blockade of Southern ports
to try and squeeze the life out of union ports
 South used blockade runners or small ships to
use the cover of night to smuggle goods in and
out of port cities

7. Merrimack/Virginia vs. Monitor

8. Notable battles of Civil War
 Battle
Result
 First Battle of Bull Run
 Battle of Shiloh
 Battle of Murfreesboro
 Seven Days Battle
 Second Battle of Bull Run

9. Emancipation Proclamation
 A decree freeing all slaves in states still
in rebellion with the United States
 Did not apply to border states—kept
their loyalty

10. Reasons for and Results of
Emancipation Proclamation
Reasons for
Emancipation
Proclamation
Effect on the
War

11. Chapter 11 section 3