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Civil War
Introduction
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A civil war is a war between people who
live in the same country.
The American civil war was fought between
the North and the South states.
It lasted from 1861-1865.
The war was triggered by the election of
Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
What started it?
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The North and the South
disagreed about Slavery
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The Southern states believed
they had the right to own
slaves.
The Northern states believed
that slaves should be free.
Southern states wanted to
secede (leave) the United
States.
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The Northern states said that
no state could leave the
Union.
The South believed they had
to right to secede.
Abraham Lincoln
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One of the most
remembered and
influential people in
the Civil War.
President of the
United States
Opposed slavery
Believed in staying as
one nation, not as
individual states.
Ulysses S. Grant
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General of the
Northern army that
defeated the South.
Opposed to slavery.
Became President
later in life.
Frederick Douglass
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Former slave who
escaped, came North,
and opposed slavery.
Great writer who made
many speeches
against slavery and
the war.
Jefferson Davis
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President of the
Confederate states.
Wanted the South and
Union to be separated.
Wrote Rise and Fall of
the Confederate
Government in 1881.
Robert E. Lee
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Leader of the Confederate
Army in Northern Virginia
Offered command of
Union troops, but chose
not to fight against
Virginia.
Opposed secession
Urged Southerners to
accept defeat and reunite.
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
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One of the most
skilled Confederate
generals, from
Virginia.
Earned the nick name
“Stonewall” because
he refused to let his
troops back down.
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General Barnard said he
was “like a stone wall.”
Famous Battles
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Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861)
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Battle at Bull Run (July 21, 1861)
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Confederate victory
Gettysburg (July 1, 1863)
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Confederate victory
Antietam (September 16, 1862)
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Confederate victory
Shiloh (April 6, 1862)
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Confederate victory
Union victory
Vicksburg (July 4, 1863)
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Union victory
Major Events of the War
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The Emancipation Proclamation, in 1863,
made “freeing the slaves” the focus of the war.
In the Gettysburg Address on November 19,
1863, Lincoln said the Civil War was to preserve
a government “of the people, by the people, and
for the people.”
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General
Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9,
1865, ending the Civil War.
Constitutional Changes
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Amendment 13 Abolishment of
Slavery.
Amendment 14 Equal protection of
laws for all races.
Amendment 15 Voting rights for all
men.