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The American Civil War
By: Storm, Kenneth, Frede, Sophie,
Jens & Kevin
1861
1864-1865
Causes of The War
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The fear of loosing
control of the federal
government to the
opposing force.
Lincolns speach in
1854: ”House Divided
Speech”
The election of
Lincoln in 1860
The Eastern theatre
• Naval blockade of the
South 1861.
• First Battle of bull run
July 1861.
• The battle of Antietam
September 17 1862.
• Sherman's March to the
sea.
The Western Theater
• Control of the
Mississippi river was
crucial to the Union
strategy.
• The CF had a hard time
to defending their open
areas.
• Robert E. Lee and
Johnston surrendered in
April 1865.
Results
For the soldiers:
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970,000 casualties of which 620,000 soldier
deaths and 350,000 of them were civilians.
8% of all white males aged 13 to 43 died.
Result for the slaves
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Slavery officially ended in the U.S. in the spring
of 1865.
The former slaves were treated worse than ever
before.
They had no other choice than work for their
former owner.
Reconstruction
• Began in the war and
ended in 1877, after the
war had ended.
• 3 new amendments was
added to the constitution.
• Many new laws was
written and changed
during the
reconstruction.