The American Civil War

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The American Civil War

• 1861-1865

Union vs.
Confederacy
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Important Causes Slavery

• The issue of slavery was the main cause of the
  Civil War.  The Union (north) was against the
  idea of slavery, while the Confederate (south)
  promoted the use of slave labor to harvest crops.

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Important Causes Political Differences

• The northern states Republican party
• The south Democrats 
• The south disliked Lincoln because he was
  publicly against the use of slavery and he also
  favored the industrious north over the
  agricultural minded south.

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No Slavery beyond this point!

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President
• Against the SPREAD of slavery
• Promised not to stop slavery in the South where
  it was already practiced.
• Said he hoped it would one day END there, too.

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The South Rebels
Shortly after the election of Lincoln, South
Carolina declared the United States of America
is hereby dissolved and seceded from the Union.
Six other states soon followed.
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The South Rebels

• Together these seven states formed a new country.
  
• They called the new country the Confederate
  States of America.
• Jefferson Davis was elected as their President.

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The Confederate States of America

• South Carolina
• Mississippi
• Florida
• Louisiana
• Alabama
• Georgia
• Texas

Jefferson Davis
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Lincolns Choices

• He wanted to prevent war.
• We are not enemies, but friends.
• THE VERY NEXT DAY
• An important message came from Commander Robert
  Anderson commander at Fort Sumter

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Urgent!

• Message from Commander Anderson

Supplies at the Fort are almost gone. If new
supplies are not sent soon, we will be forced to
surrender the fort to the Confederacy.
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Decision

• Lincoln decided to send supply ships
• And see what the Southerners would do

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Confederate President Davis

• Davis decided to take over the fort BEFORE the
  supply ships arrived.
• Demanded them to surrender.
• NEVER!
• The Confederate troops FIRED on the fort, Major
  Anderson and his men ran out of ammunition and
  had to give up.

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The Civil War Begun!
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• Lincoln called for Americans to join the army
  to stop the rebellion.

• Frightened southern states not in the Confederacy
  now joined with the other 7 states.
• Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina
  
• 11 States Strong

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Confederate States of America

• Seven States formed the Confederate States of
  America on February 4, 1861
• South Carolina
• Mississippi
• Florida
• Alabama
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Texas
• In April and May of 1861 four more states joined
  the Confederacy
• Arkansas
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• North Carolina

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United States of America (Union)
23 States remained loyal to the Union during the
war

• California
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan

• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Wisconsin

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Civil War Leaders

• Confederacy
• Jefferson Davis
• Robert E. Lee

• Union
• Abraham Lincoln
• Ulysses S. Grant

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Uniforms
Confederacy
Union
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Battles Of The Civil War

• Fort Sumter
• Bull Run
• Chancellors Ville
• Vicksburg
• Gettysburg
• Shermans March to the Sea

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The Result
The American Civil War lasted from 1861 until
1865.  The Union army successfully defeated the
Confederate army on April 09, 1865, when Gen.
Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army to
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox
Courthouse in Virginia. A total of 700,000 people
died in only four years.  The Union army suffered
about 363,000 deaths while the Confederacy lost
about 260,000 men.
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Reconstruction After The Civil War

• 4 Million Enslaved people freed
• 13th Amendment was established
• Freedmans Bureau