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
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.
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.

-- Abraham Lincoln
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?!
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
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
William Carney
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 Amendment – 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?