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Civil War (Important/famous people (Abraham Lincoln (Emancipation…
Civil War
Important/famous people
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Ulysses S. Grant
Northern general that took over the state of Virginia by making its general surrender, general Robert E. Lee
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Robert G. Shaw
The luitenant colonel Robert G. Shaw was the CO(commanding officer) of the 54th Massachusetts regiment.
Harriet Tubman
Refered to as "Moses" she was a escaped slave that helped escaping slaves to the north. she went down to the south 13 times.
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Soldiers
Food rations
North rations were around 12 oz of salted beef, veggies, and pieces of bread
South food rations were consisted of 12 oz of salted beff/pork or 12oz of bacon, veggies, and about 20 oz of bread
supplies
The typical solider for both sides had a bag, ammunition, a rifle, and food, the combined supplies weighted around 40 pounds. the North also had rubber blankets and tents
Uniform
The Union had a blue coat, normal webbing gear, and blue jeans. (also the cap)
The confederate army had a uniform that was made out of cotton and wool. they had a tan jacket and tan pants they also had old fashion webbing gear.
Death
LOTS of soldiers died fighting for the freedom of slaves in America. They died in lots of ways the way that killed the most was disease. They also died due to being shot, stabbed and blown up.
Free time
Everyone did about the same thing, write letters home. they would write home as often as they could. they also played games like football, cards, and other games.
Industrialization
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Industrialization
Industrialization was when the north was outfitted with brand new Industrial shops that could produce more product at a better quality.
Economy
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The souths economy was based on cotton farming as 75% of the worlds cotton at that time came from the south.
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people and places
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Farms
North farms were small in size and had small amounts of crops produced due poor land. they did not use slaves.
South farms were very large in size and referred to as plantations. These plantations were huge, they reached for acres around.
Slave vs free population
the North had around 1 million free African Americans and >100,000 slaves
the south had arond 2 million slaves and 100,000 free African Americans
Railroads
The north used railroads a whole lot. when the war came around the Union used 70% of the railroad tracks in America. They could transport guns, ammo, and troops.
The south wasn't very found of the new Railroads. They only used 30% of the entire railroad in America at a time. They too could transport guns, ammo, and troops.
Geography
South (human) The south was a land filled with slavery. they had millions of slaves working in harsh conditions on a tuff plant to farm. While they just sat back and let the money flow in. So when they heard that the north was wanting that to stop then they probably very mad.
South (physical) The south was always now for being good crop growing land. Before America was an Idea the colony of Virginia was they breadbasket state of the colonies. So the south was good at growing crops, and that required workers. The south decided to use slaves.
North(human) the North was wanting to abolish slavery in the entirety of America. When they didn't get that goal done they wanted to fight but they had no legal way to.(until the war started)
North(physical) The north was always poor farming grounds they east coast land was rocky and sandy dirt, and the now bread basket states like Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska were only just showing up and only took up a little of the North land.
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise created the state of Missouri. Which was the only slave state to be on the Northern side of the Missouri compromise line.
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The Missouri compromise created the Missouri compromise line. The Missouri compromise line was a straight line stretching from the the Southern border of Missouri to the west coast.
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The end of the war.
Who won?
The Union or north won, they cleared out slavery in the south and regained the southern states
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