Civil War

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Civil War
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The North and South hardly agreed on anything
whether it was states rights or slavery. Then
they went to war. Brother against brother.

• The Civil War lasted from 1861-1865
• North vs. South
• One side against slavery the other for slavery

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• A book written by a Northern named Harriet
  Beecher Stowe told people about the conditions
  the Southerns treated their slaves.
• It was called
• Uncle Toms Cabin

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One Cause of the Civil War

• The South threatened to become its own country.
  But the North claimed it was against the
  Constitution.
• Most Northerns were abolitionists and helped
  slaves escape using the Underground Railroad.
• They also didnt help the South with returning
  the freed slaves.

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It is not humanity that influences youit is
that you may have majority in the Congress of the
United States -Jefferson Davis (a senator from
the South)

• One problem was
• The South in 1850 only had 1/3 of the population
  of the U.S.
• Which meant that they had less say in the passing
  of laws in the Senate.

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Did you know

• 3,000,000 people fought in the Civil War
• Unfortunately, 600,000 of them died
• That means 1 out of every 5 people fighting for
  their side died.

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Moment in History

• civilwar.com, civilwarphotos.com
• civil-war.net and google.com/images
• swcivilwar.com
• Slide Show By Sydney Beatty