Transcript THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
CAUSE #1?
• Election of Lincoln
• Southern States felt
they were bullied
by the North when
he was elected
1860
Election
Results
Cause #2
•States’ Rights
regarding taxation
and slavery
Nullification Crisis
• Nullify means to ignore
• In 1832, South Carolina said
they could “nullify” federal law
by simply ignoring it.
Cause 3:Abolitionism
Abolitionists
• Frederick Douglas was the editor of an
abolitionist newspaper.
Harriet Tubman
•
Helped slaves escape via
the Underground Railroad.
John Brown
• Tried to incite a
slave revolt
• Invaded a
Federal Arsenal
at Harpers Ferry
Va.
Cause 4: Slavery
Compromise of 1850
California for Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
1852
 Sold 300,000 copies
in the first year.
 2 million in a
decade!
Cause 5: Sectionalism
1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!
The war begins - the firing on
Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter
The first States secede
Advantages of the Union (North)?
• Union had double the
population
• Double the railroads
• 10 times as many
factories
Confederate (Rebel) advantages
(South)
• Confederates had the best
generals
• Defending is always easier than
attacking
• Farmers fight better than
factory workers
1863
Emancipation Proclamation
• It freed the slaves only in states
that had seceded from the Union.
• It did not free slaves in border
states.
• Emancipation = freedom
Blacks in the Military
William Carney
First African American
to receive the Medal
of Honor
• After the Emancipation
Proclamation blacks
began to join the Union
Army
• Initially they were only
used for manual labor
• Eventually, Blacks saw
live combat
• 54th regiment out of
Massachusetts
The 54th Regiment attack on Fort
Wagner, SC- July 18, 1863
Technology made Civil
War . . .
More efficient and deadly
First metal ships in world!
USS Merrimac (CSA Virginia) &
USS Monitor
Over 618,000 military deaths during
Civil War.
After four bloody years of civil war,
the South was defeated.
Civil War ended when Lee
surrendered to Grant at
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
Results of the Civil War?
• Reconstruction – time of
rebuilding the country
after the Civil War
Reconstruction Amendments
• 13thAmendment – freed slaves
• 14th Amendment – Everyone born
in the US is a citizen, due process
of law for all citizens.
• 15th Black male suffrage (right to
vote)
Quiz