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My Question: Why was Grant more effective than McClellan?

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My Question: Why was Grant more effective than McClellan?

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Grant was willing to take chances and McClellan was more careful.

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Civil War Artillery with full military loads

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What was the result of the Battle of Shiloh?

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What was the result of the Battle of Shiloh?

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The South lost control of western Tennessee, a railroad junction, and part of the Mississippi River

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How did McClellan's caution hurt the Union?

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How did McClellan's caution hurt the Union?

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It gave Confederates time to regroup their troops and forced the Union army to retreat and lose some ground to the Confederates.

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What new technologies were used in the war?

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What new technologies were used in the war?

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Ironclads which are warships covered with protective plates. New rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had a greater range than old artillery.

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Section 2 - How did each side in the war try to gain an advantage over the other?

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Section 2 - How did each side in the war try to gain an advantage over the other?

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Both sides tried to make new technology to improve their artillery but the other side came up with the same ideas. Also, both sides tried to expand their armies.

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Martial law is a type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended.

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The soldiers were immigrants and farmers.

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How did strategies on the two sides differ?

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How did strategies on the two sides differ?

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The North's strategy was to gain control of the Mississippi River and to invade Virginia and seize Richmond, the Confederate capital.
The South's strategy was to defend their land until Northerners got tired of fighting.

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Confederates would be fighting on their own territory, with help from the local people. Most of the nations experienced military officers were southerners.
110,000 out of 130,000 factories were in the North. The North had 2x as much railroad track and almost 2x as much farmland. The North was able to field, feed, and equip larger armies.

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How did the border states line up in the war? 

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How did the border states line up in the war? 

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Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware were all border states.
Delaware had few enslaved people and and its support of the union was strong. Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland favored the South. Kentucky and Missouri were important for controlling the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

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Section 1- Why did each side in the Civil War think the war would be won easily?

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Section 1- Why did each side in the Civil War think the war would be won easily?

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Both sides thought they had good advantages and strategies.

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How did people, places, and things affect the outcome of the Civil War?

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How did people, places, and things affect the outcome of the Civil War?