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What is a
Civil War???

• A Civil war is a war fought between two people
  that belong to the same country.
• The war that were going to talk about was also
  called the War Between the States.

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The Missouri Compromise

• 1819- Missouri wants to become a state.
• The Union (United States) has 22 states. 11
  allow slavery and 11 do not. Why would people be
  fighting over Missouri?
• Both North and South feared the loss of political
  power if too many states were admitted as either
  a free or slave state.

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• Henry Clay tried desperately to keep the North
  and the South from fighting over the slavery
  issue.
• Along with Missouri, Maine applied to be a state
  at about the same time.

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• Did Missouri become a slave state????

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• An imaginary line was drawn at 30 degrees 30
  minutes north latitude of the new areas.
• This divided the area into one north area and one
  south area.
• Areas north of the line were free territory.

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John Calhoun

• He believed in states rights. People that
  believed in states rights thought that the
  southern states could secede from the Union.
• He thought each state had the right to decide
  which laws to obey, and which not.
• John Calhoun said that slavery was a God-inspired
  system- good for the slaves and good for the
  nation.
• Calhouns ideas was a factor that led to the
  civil war.

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Problems between the north and the South

• The southerners believed that slavery should be
  allowed in the entire nation. They wanted slavery
  in all of the new territories in the West.
• Northerners highly disagreed.
• There was also a lot of economic troubles in the
  south.
• The south thought they should have states rights
  so they could create their own separate nation.
  The North thought the nation needed to stay
  together as one.

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Abraham Lincoln
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• Lincoln was against slavery and believed that all
  men are created equal.
• During the election, Lincoln stated that he
  wouldnt interfere with slavery where it then
  existed but it should extend no further.
• When Abraham Lincoln was elected President, many
  people in the south viewed this as a success for
  the north and the abolitionist cause. The did not
  like Abraham Lincoln and especially did not want
  to live in a Nation dedicated to antislavery
  principles. This led to a big change in the
  Union.

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• The year Lincoln was elected is viewed as a
  breaking point for the South. They did not want
  him to lead their country.
• Military companies in the south began to form,
  taking names such as the Cherokee Lincoln
  Killers to make it clear where they stood on
  their feelings towards the new President.
• The South talked about seceding from the Union
  before Lincolns election. One month before
  Lincolns inauguration, seven states seceded from
  the Union to establish their own, separate
  government.

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States seceding

• South Carolina was the first state to secede in
  1860. By February of the next year, six more
  states had followed.
• Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana
  and Texas had formed the Confederate States of
  America.
• These Confederate states selected Jefferson Davis
  as their President.

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• Davis followed Calhouns beliefs and argued for
  Southern power, extension of slavery into the
  Western territories and for the right of a state
  to secede.
• Jefferson Davis proclaimed to the Nation one
  thing All we ask is to be left alone.
• President Lincoln would not allow for his nation
  of be divided into two.

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General Grant
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• -Ulysses Grant was in control of the Union army.
• At the time of the war, the Union was also know
  as Yankees.
• He planned to attack the South until the
  confederates were worn down, no matter how many
  lives were lost.
• During a battle, Grant lost 12,000 people in half
  and hour. He lost more men during the war than
  Lee had in his entire army, but he was able to
  get new troops because so many people wanted to
  fight for the North.

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General Lee
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• Robert E. Lee was the leader of the Confederate
  army. The Confederates had the nickname of the
  rebels.
• He did not approve of slavery or secession.
• Lincoln wanted Lee to lead the Union army.
• Lee refused because he would not fight against
  his family in Virginia.
• Robert E. Lee was thought of a kind man and an
  excellent leader. He led the Confederate
  soldiers for four long years.

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Fort Sumter

• Fort Sumter was run by Union soldiers, yet
  located in South Carolina. (which is now a
  Confederate state)
• The south ordered all Union military troops to
  leave their state so that the Confederates could
  take over the fort instead.
• They tried to starve the men that were at the
  fort, but Lincoln sent over food and supplies
  from the North.

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• The Confederate states didnt like what was
  happening. They surrounded Fort Sumter so that
  the Union soldiers could not get their supplies
  that were sent from the North.
• The Confederates told the Union soldiers that
  they could leave peacefully and unharmed if they
  evacuated immediately. The Union refused to
  accept this offer and decided to stay where they
  were in Fort Sumter.

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• The Rebels did not like how the Union soldiers
  would not leave Fort Sumter and decided something
  needed to be done.
• On the morning of April 12, 1861, the Rebels had
  fired on Fort Sumter.
• This attack is considered the beginning of the
  Civil War.

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Good Job!

• Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave
  state.
• Since Maine applied to be a state at the same
  time, Maine was admitted as a free state.
• This allowed the slave states and the free states
  to both have 12 states.

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