Problem
How did slavery and the 1860 presidential election lead to the secession of eleven Southern states? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages for the North (Union) and South (Confederacy) at the outbreak of war. What were Abraham Lincoln's main objectives in the war and why? Why did Union forces struggle against General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army at the beginning of the war? What major battles were the turning points of the Civil War and why? Explain the military strategy of Union military commanders Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman. How did the war end? What were the consequences of the war?