The Civil War

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The Civil War

• 1861-1865
• Presented By Alaina Elliott

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The Civil War

• The American Civil War was a major war between
  the Union and Confederate Armies.
• 1861-1865

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The North

• The Union Army defended the Northern States which
  was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican
  Party.

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The South

• The Confederate Army defended the Southern States
  which was led by Jefferson Davis.

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Union/Confederate States

• Union states      
• Union territories
• Union border states -permitted slavery     
• Kansas, entered the Union as a free state after
  the Bleeding Kansas crisis
• The Confederacy
• Confederate claimed and held territories

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Beginning and End

• The war began on April 12, 1861 when the
  Confederates opened fire at Fort Sumter.
• May of 1865, the remaining Confederate soldiers
  surrendered, the war was ended and the nation was
  able to reunite.

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The Civil War Was

• Unquestionably the most important event in the
  nation.
• The end of slavery
• Downfall of a southern planter establishment.

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The Civil War was

• The turning point of political and economic
  order.
• The beginning of industry, business, and
  government.
• The costliest

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The Civil War Was

• The first modern war
• The most American causalities
• Greatest domestic suffering
• The most horrible, necessary, mean-spirited, and
  heroic conflict known.

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Civil War Facts

• Three million men fought
• More than 620,000 killed
• Hundreds of thousands more wounded or missing
• 50,000 survivors returned home as amputees

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Causes of War

• Slavery
• Moral and Political differences
• States Rights
• A new birth of Freedom

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Slavery

• Slavery- persons deprived of freedom and perform
  labor services.
• Slaves are treated as the property of another
  person / household

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Slaves were

• Held against their will
• Deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to
  work, or to receive compensation for their labor.

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Emancipation Proclamation

• Issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863
• Declared that all persons held as slaves are,
  and henceforward shall be free."

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Emancipation Proclamation

• The Proclamation announced that black men were
  able to join the Union Army and Navy.
• By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black
  soldiers and sailors had fought for freedom.

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Battles

• Fort Sumter
• Shiloh
• Seven Pines
• Seven Days'
• Fredericksburg
• Chancellorsville

• Chickamauga
• Chattanooga
• Spotsylvania
• Cold Harbor
• Pettersburg
• Gettysburg

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• The Civil War, in one way or another, touched the
  lives of every American but its tremendous impact
  on domestic life is often overlooked.

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Works Cited

• www.pbs.org
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
• http//www.historyplace.com/civilwar/