the american civil war

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The Civil War:
Union
vs
Confederacy
1861-1865
Union
Confederate
CAUSES
1.Election of Abraham
Lincoln Southern States
felt they were bullied
by the North when he
was elected
2. States’ Rights
regarding taxation and
slavery
3. Abolitionism
John Brown
•He and his sons
brutally murdered
5 slave masters in
Kansas. (1858)
So this is the lady who
started the Civil War.
-- Abraham Lincoln
Harriet
Beecher
Stowe1811 -
Coordinated and balanced economy vs. distorted, agriculturebased economy
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NORTH
23,000,000 population
Industrial economy
109 manufacturing plants
22,000 miles of railroad
90% of industrial power
• SOUTH
• 9,000,000
• includes 3.5 M slaves
• Agricultural economy
• Exports, not food.
• 31,000 manufacturing
plants
• 9,000 miles of railroad
• mostly export crops
(cotton, tobacco) so food
was scarce
The war started here: Fort Sumter:
April 12, 1861
The first States secede
First metal ships
in world!
Emancipation Proclamation 1863
• It freed the slaves
only in states that
have seceded
from the Union.
• It did not free
slaves in border
states.
• 1863
• Emancipation =
freedom
Gettysburg is the largest battle in the
history of the Western hemisphere.
Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days.
It was the last time the South invaded
the North.
Blacks in the Military
William Carney
• 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
Civil War ended when Lee surrendered to
Grant at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE
Lincoln is assassinated
Punishment of
the killers and
conspirators
Quiz
• 1. When was the Civil War?
• 2. What was 1 cause of the CW?
• 3. What was another cause of CW?
• 4. Who was President during CW?
• 5. Which amendment banned slavery?