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The American Civil War Cultural Studies: USA Tomas Intent • • • • • • Basic information Characteristic Before the war The main causes The main turning points The Impacts Basic information • the civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 • the conflict between the Union and the Confederacy • the Union: 20 states + 5 states supported them, banned slavery • the Confederacy: 11 states, permitted slavery Status of the states, 1861. The characteristic The states of the Union: • more industrially developed, • larger population (21 mil. X 10 mil.), • had more capital, raw material, • better weapons (MG) The states of the Confederacy: • predominantly agricultural, • plantations, • import Before the war • 1860 – Abraham Lincoln (16th), • wanted to stop the spreading of the slavery, • December 20, 1860 - South Carolina seceded, • the Confederate States of America, • constitution, J. Davis, Richmond (Virginia) The main causes • slavery the Republican Party – reduce, abolish x the South was dependent on slaves (labour force), • autonomy x central government, • duties The main turning points • April 12, 1861 attacked on federal Fort Sumter, • July 21, 1861 at Bull Run - crushing defeat of the North, • 1863 the Russian Empire + the Union, • July, 1863 – Gettysburg, • 3/1864 general Grant (the Eastern Front) + general Sherman (the Western Front), • scorched earth policy, • in Virginia at Appomattox River final battle, • April 9, 1865 – Grant and Lee signed the surrender document, The impacts of the war • abolition of Slavery, • expansion of civil liberties, rights , • further territorial expansion of the United States, • strong economic boom (including South), • strengthening of the central government, • consequence: gave rise to the Ku-klux-klan Thank you for your attention
