2. REASONS FOR DISPUTE
Slavery
Sectionalism
Territorial Crisis and Constitution
Nationalism and honor
States’ rights
Slave power and free soil issues
Tariffs
Election of Lincoln
Battle of Fort Sumter
3. CONFEDERATE INVASION
OF NORTH
The South no longer wanted to remain as part of the Union as
they did not agree with President Lincoln or his administrations idea
of “Slavery”
http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/2008/03/13/why_did_they_fight
4. CONFEDERATE ARMY
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Confederate_States_o
f_America.svg
5. GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
Leads 71,699 men into Pennsylvania with hopes of over throwing
the Northern controlled Union and to restore power to the South.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Edward_Lee.jpg
6. GENERAL GEORGE G.
MEADE
It was Meade’s job to defend the North and defeat the South at all
costs.
Meade led 93,921 men in his Army of the Potomac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_G._Meade_Stan
ding.jpg
