Civil War

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Civil War

• North vs. South

Civil War Facts
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• North vs. South

11 states broke away (seceded) from the United
States to form the Confederate States of
America. South Carolina, North Carolina,
Georgia, Florida,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Alabama,
Virginia, and Tennessee.
The Rebel flag flag of the Confederate States
of America
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• Civil War Map

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• Confederate States of America

The Confederate States had their own army with
leaders just like a country. They wore gray
uniforms. Confederate President Jefferson
Davis Confederate General Robert E. Lee
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Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee Confederate General
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• The United States of America

The United States was called the Union during
the Civil War. They wore navy blue. Union
President Abraham Lincoln Union General
Ulysses S. Grant
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The United States of America
Ulysses S. Grant Union General
Abraham Lincoln President of the Union
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Advantages of North and South

• North
• money
• railroads
• more people
• industry/factories
• more trade
• Lincoln

• South
• fighting for way of life
• generals
• knew the land

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• Civil War Begins

• The war began in 1861 when Confederate troops
  fired on a Union fort Fort Sumter, South
  Carolina.
• Bull Run
  
  1st battle

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• Civil War Battles

• How many battles were there?
• http//americancivilwar.com/statepic/alpha.html
• http//americancivilwar.com/cwstats.html
• http//www.phil.muni.cz/vndrzl/amstudies/civilwar
  _stats.htm

• Famous Battles
• Antietam
• Gettysburg
• Vicksburg

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• Gettysburg Address

• President Abraham Lincoln gave a speech at the
  dedication of a cemetery in Gettysburg,
  Pennsylvania. It was called the
  Gettysburg Address
• Over 23,000 Union soldiers died there.
• http//showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sp
  eeches/gettysburg.htm

Four score and seven years ago, our fathers
brought forth on this continent.
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• Civil War Ends

• General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General
  Ulysses S. Grant and the North wins the war at
  Appomattox
  Courthouse on
  April 9, 1865.

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• Civil War Facts

• Union States vs. Confederate States of America
  (North vs. South)
• 1861-1865
• Lasted 4 years
• The Union (North) won the war

• Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes
  Booth a few days after Lee surrenders

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• Civil Rights Amendments after war

• 13th amendment makes slavery illegal ends
  slavery
• 14th amendment gives citizenship to all African
  Americans
• 15th amendment gave BLACK MEN the right to vote.

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