Course and Consequences of the Civil War - SS.912.A.2.1

free all enslaved people

preserve the Union

get revenge

punish Jefferson Davis

better military leadership

more miles of railroads

higher population

more manufacturing (factories)

It showed that the Confederacy's superior strength and likeliness to win the war.

It was a crushing defeat of the Union that convinced Britain to help the Confederates.

It was the Confederate's first loss and a major turning point for the Union.

It convinced Britain and France not to help the Confederacy and persuaded Lincoln to give the war a new focus.

It ended slavery in every state.

It motivated slaves to join the Union army.

It freed slaves in rebelling territories.

It gave the Union a new purpose to fight.

Over 600,000 troops were killed.

The federal government's power was strengthened.

Slavery was abolished in the United States.

The states' rights argument was confirmed.

to abolish slavery in both Union and Confederate states

to restore the Confederate states to the Union

to punish the Confederates states for secession

to prevent slavery from spreading to western territories

Homefield advantage

Railroads that could easily move troops and supplies

Superior military leadership

Crops that could be traded with Europe for supplies

To attack and bring under control a few key Southern cities

To disrupt Southern supply lines by controlling the railroad junctions in the South

To sign treaties with Britain and France to prevent them from assisting the South

To suffocate the South by controlling the Mississippi River and the Southern Ports

Women to be treated equally as men.

Slaves in the Union to be free.

Slaves in the Confederate states to be free.

African Americans in the North to be treated equally as white men.

The end of slavery and a strengthening of the power of the federal government

Recognition of the rights of states to leave the Union and the nullify federal laws

An end to racial discrimination and establishment of social equality throughout the nation

The abolition of slavery in all Northern states in all federal territories north of 36*30' N