Mind Map: The Civil War

Central Idea: The American Civil War

Main Branches:

1. Causes of the Civil War

   • Economic differences

   • Slavery and abolitionist movement

   • States' rights vs. federal authority

2. Key Events

   • Attack on Fort Sumter

   • Battle of Gettysburg

   • Emancipation Proclamation

   • Surrender at Appomattox Court House

3. Major Players

   • Abraham Lincoln

   • Jefferson Davis

   • Ulysses S. Grant

   • Robert E. Lee

4. Strategies and Tactics

   • Union's Anaconda Plan

   • Confederate defensive strategy

   • Use of trench warfare

   • Naval blockades

5. Impact and Consequences

   • Emancipation of slaves

   • Reconstruction era

   • Strengthening of federal government

   • Loss of life and destruction

Sub-branches:

Causes of the Civil War

• Economic differences

  • Industrialization in the North

  • Agricultural reliance in the South

  • Tariffs and trade disputes

• Slavery and abolitionist movement

  • Missouri Compromise

  • Dred Scott decision

  • Underground Railroad

• States' rights vs. federal authority

  • Nullification crisis

  • Secession of Southern states

  • Election of Abraham Lincoln

Key Events

• Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Confederate bombardment

  • Start of the war

  • Union surrender

• Battle of Gettysburg

  • Turning point of the war

  • High casualties

  • Union victory

• Emancipation Proclamation

  • Issued by Abraham Lincoln

  • Freed slaves in Confederate states

  • Changed the purpose of the war

• Surrender at Appomattox Court House

  • Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant

  • End of the Civil War

  • Terms of surrender

Major Players

• Abraham Lincoln

  • President of the United States

  • Leader of the Union

  • Emancipation Proclamation

• Jefferson Davis

  • President of the Confederate States of America

  • Leader of the Confederacy

  • Advocate for states' rights

• Ulysses S. Grant

  • Union general