Civil War North Vs. South by: Amy m

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Civil War North Vs. Southby Amy m
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Civil War

• A military conflict between the United States of
  America ( the Union) and the Confederate States
  of America ( the Confederacy).
• Is sometimes called the War Between the States,
  the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern
  Independence.
• It began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate
  General P.G.T Beauregard opened fire on Fort
  Sumter in Charlestown Harbor, South Carolina, and
  lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last
  Confederate Army surrendered.
• The war took lives, destroyed property, brought
  freedom to 4 million black slaves.

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North before the war

• Firmly established as an industrial society.
• Labor was desired, but not slave labor.
• Immigration was encouraged. Immigrants from
  Europe worked in factories, built the railroads
  of the North, and established the West. Very few
  developed in the South.
• The North demanded high taxes to protect its
  products from foreign countries.
• Slavery was illegal in the Northern states.

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South before the war

• The South manufactured little.
• Southerners opposed high taxes that were placed
  on imported goods and increased the price of
  manufactured articles.
• Depended on slavery to support their economy.
• Had conflict with the North

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Issues that led to Civil war

• Slavery
• How much control the federal government should
  have over states
• Industrialization
• Trade
• Competing nationalisms
• Political turmoil
• The definition of freedom
• The preservation of the union
• The structure of our society and economy

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Major events that took place in the Civil War

• May 31st 1862, Battle of Seven Pines. Gen. Joseph
  E. Johnstons army attacks McClellans troops in
  front of Richmond and nearly defeats them.
• January 1st 1863, President Lincoln issues the
  final Emancipation Proclamation freeing all
  slaves in territories held by confederates and
  emphasized the enlisting of black Soldiers in the
  Union Army.
• July 21st 1861, The Battle of Bull Run. General
  Irvin McDowell attacked the South. The Union Army
  suffers a defeat at Bull Run.
• June 3rd 1864, Battle of Cold Harbor. One of the
  bloodiest military engagements of the American
  Civil War.
• January 31st 1865, The U.S. Congress approves the
  13th Amendment to the United States Constitution
  to abolish slavery.

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Outcome of the war

• The South was defeated
• Slavery ended
• The nation reunited
• Confederate forces surrender
• Over 620,000 Americans died in the war with
  disease killing as twice as many as those lost in
  battle.
• 50,000 survivors return home as amputees

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Significant constitutional changes

• In 1870 growing disorder led to the passage of an
  Enforcement Act cruelly punishing those who
  attempt to take away the black freedmen of their
  civil rights.
• By July 1866, Congress had passed a civil rights
  bill and set up a new Freedmen's Bureau both
  intended to put a stop to racial unfairness by
  Southern legislatures
• Act of March 1867, Congress, ignoring the
  governments that had been recognized in the
  Southern states, separated the South from the
  Union.

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The Economy change in the North

• The northern economy actually benefited from
  the conflict.
• Northern factories were producing more than ever
  before. Booming factoring meant that bankers
  investors were making profits. This money
  supported new inventions and better ways to
  produce goods.
• New technologies sprouted from this period of
  growth.
• Boost in steel production.
• Raw materials were plentiful.
• Mining and Refining of metals had become the
  backbone of the Northern Industry.
• The industrial North grew and prospered.

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The economy change in the South

• Southern economy was in ruins
• Business Industry was nearly wiped out.
• Food and fuel were in short supply
• Loss of Slavery
• Farming couldnt take place anymore

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Government changes after the war

• Lincoln had been assassinated on April 15th 1865
  and the presidency passed into the hands of his
  vice president, Andrew Johnson.
• The Republican dominated Congress and eventually
  took over the government passing series of acts
  that limited power of the president and the
  supreme court.

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Peoples rights get effected

• Laws restricting African American people into the
  united States.
• African Americans could not vote, they were
  slaves, had to sit in the backs of buses, and
  attended different schools than the whites, were
  beaten, harassed murdered by the white.
• Slaves had no rights.

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Individuals that made key contributions to the
state and the country during the war

• Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest leaders in
  American history. In his effort to preserve the
  Union during the Civil War assumed more power
  than any proceeding president.
• Harriet Beecher Stowe, she was an American
  writer. She wrote a forceful indictment of
  slavery and one of the most powerful novels of
  its time. It did much to crystallize militant
  antislavery sentiment in the North, and therefore
  was an important factor in participating in the
  American Civil War.
• Clara Barton, Worked as a volunteer distributing
  supplies to wounded soldiers.
• Stephen A. Douglas, American politician noted for
  his debates with Abraham Lincoln, Douglas however
  Brought the reopening of the entire slavery
  question in 1854

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Political and Military developments that occurred
during the Civil War

• Political
• Political ideas also developed marked
  differences.
• The South feared that a strong government might
  interfere with slavery.
• Led to conflict between the North South.
• Military
• Northern and Southern leaders discussed
  strategies that would achieve victory.
• The strategies contrasted significantly because
  the two sides had very different beliefs.
• Northern overcame and defeated the South.

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If the American Civil War would have been
different these effects would have taken place (
If South would have one)

• Slavery wouldnt have ended
• Souths economy would be better
• The country would be divided
• Blacks would have no rights
• Constitution would be worded differently

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The end

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Credits

• Information
• http//encarta.msn.com
• http//scnc.cps.k12.mi.us/origins.htm
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwhtml/tl1861.html
• http//www.historyplace.com
• http//www.coax.net
• http//odur.let.rug.nl
• http//www.sciway.net
• Clipart
• http//civilwarclipart.com