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    The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and was fought between the Union (Northern states) and the Confederacy (Southern states). Some of the key causes of the war included the election of Abraham Lincoln, states' rights issues regarding taxation and slavery, and the increasing sectionalism between the North and South. The South seceded from the Union after Lincoln's election and the war began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in 1861. Major battles included Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and the Union defeated the Confederacy after four bloody years of fighting. The war resulted in the abolition of slavery and Reconstruction, a period of rebuilding and establishing new civil rights after the war.

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    The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and was fought between the Union (Northern states) and the Confederacy (Southern states). Some of the key causes of the war included the election of Abraham Lincoln, states' rights issues regarding taxation and slavery, and the increasing sectionalism between the North and South. The South seceded from the Union after Lincoln's election and the war began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in 1861. Major battles included Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and the Union defeated the Confederacy after four bloody years of fighting. The war resulted in the abolition of slavery and Reconstruction, a period of rebuilding and establishing new civil rights after the war.

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    The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and was fought between the Union (Northern states) and the Confederacy (Southern states). Some of the key causes of the war included the election of Abraham Lincoln, states' rights issues regarding taxation and slavery, and the increasing sectionalism between the North and South. The South seceded from the Union after Lincoln's election and the war began with the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in 1861. Major battles included Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and the Union defeated the Confederacy after four bloody years of fighting. The war resulted in the abolition of slavery and Reconstruction, a period of rebuilding and establishing new civil rights after the war.

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    THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

    1861-1865

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    Before we begin. . .

    Have your atlas ready.


    What is a civil war?

    The Civil War: Union


    vs Confederacy

    Confederate
    Union

    CAUSE #1?

    Election of Lincoln
    Southern States
    felt they were
    bullied by the
    North when he
    was elected

    1860
    Electio
    n
    Result
    s

    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.
    President Jackson threatened to
    send federal troops SC chilled,
    for now.

    Cause 3:Abolitionism

    Abolitionists
    Frederick Douglas was the editor of
    an abolitionist newspaper.

    On a side note. .
    Are they related?
    .

    Harriet Tubman

    Helped slaves escape via


    the Underground Railroad.

    John Brown
    He and his sons
    brutally
    murdered 5
    slave masters in
    Kansas. (1858)
    Tried to incite a
    slave revolt

    Cause 4: slavery

    Compromise of
    1850

    Harriet
    Beecher
    Stowe
    1811 1896

    So this is the
    lady who
    started the Civil
    War.

    Uncle
    Toms
    Cabin
    1852
    Sold 300,000
    copies in
    the first year.
    2 million in a
    decade!

    Cause 5: Sectionalism

    1860 Election: A Nation


    Coming Apart?!

    Sectionalism at its
    worst!

    Sen. Charles
    Sumner
    (R-MA)

    Congr. Preston
    Brooks
    (D-SC)

    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
    5 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

    First metal ships in world!

    1863

    Emancipation
    Proclamation
    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 turning point


    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.

    Gettysburg Address
    that from these honored dead we
    take increased devotion to that cause
    for which they gave the last full
    measure of devotion -- that we here
    highly resolve that these dead shall
    not have died in vain -- that this
    nation, under God, shall have a new
    birth of freedom -- and that
    government of the people, by the
    people, for the people, shall not
    perish from the earth.

    Abe Lincoln

    Technology made
    Civil War . . .
    The Monitor

    More efficient and deadly

    Vicksburg

    Confederate Dead

    Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.

    The 54th Regiment attack


    on Fort Wagner, SC- July
    18, 1863

    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

    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
    13th
    Amendmen
    t freed
    slaves

    Reconstruction
    Amendments
    14th Amendment
    Everyone born in the US
    is a citizen, due process
    of law for all citizens.
    15th Black male suffrage

    Remember the
    Reconstruction Amendments
    this way:

    Free Citizens
    Vote!

    Lincoln is assassinated

    Punishment of the killers


    and conspirators

    Questions?

    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?
    6. What was Reconstruction?

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