PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Secession of the Upper South
Keeping the Border States in the Union
The Confederate States of America
First Years of a Long War: 1861-1862
Foreign Affairs and Diplomacy
Failure of Cotton Diplomacy
Emancipation Proclamation
The Union Triumphs, 1863-1865
Effects of the War on Civilian Life
Political Dominance of the North
Modernizing Northern Society