Civil War

1
Civil War Reconstruction

• Chapter 4

2
Differences

• North was industry based
• South was plantation based
• North had no need for slavery
• South depended on slavery
• Causes listed on Picture Notes

3
Civil War

• Lincolns election in 1860 was the last straw
• 1860, South Carolina seceded
• By 1861, 7 Southern states seceded
• Soon, Virginia, Arkansas, N. Carolina Tennessee
• Confederate States of America
• PresidentJefferson Davis
• April 12, 1861 Civil War begins

4
Civil War

• Norths Plan (Anaconda Plan)
• 1) Blockade Southern ports
• 2) Split Confederacy ½ at Mississippi River
• 3) Capture capital, Richmond, VA
• Souths plan was mostly defensive

5
Civil War

• Bull RunFirst battle
• Confederacy won with Stonewall Jackson
• 1862Union Army marches towards Richmond
• Robert E. Lee successfully defends
• March toward Washington D.C.
• Defeated by Union Army at Antietam
• Bloodiest battle

6
Civil War

• 1863Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
• -Did not free slaves right away because it
  applied to areas of Union control
• -Fuels South to fight harder
• -Gave North high moral purpose

7
Civil War

• Gettysburg-most decisive battle of the war
• Battle went back and forth for days
• General Lee retreated, leading his army back to
  Virginia
• Huge moral boost for Union
• Gettysburg Address
• Lincoln honors fallen soldiers asks North to
  rededicate themselves to the Union

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Civil War

• Vicksburg, Mississippi
• North succeeded in splitting Confederacy in ½
• Southern morale dropping
• April 3, 1865
• Union Troops conquer Richmond
• April 9, 1865
• Appomattox Courthouse, Confederate surrender

9
Reconstruction

• Lincoln shot, 5 days after end of Civil War
• John Wilkes Booth
• Fords Theatre
• Plans for Reconstruction never carried out
• Andrew Johnson took over

10
Reconstruction

• 13th AmendmentLegally abolished slavery
• 14th AmendmentAfrican Americans were considered
  citizens
• 15th AmendmentAfrican Americans gained the right
  to vote