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The American Civil War –

Women in the war

New weapons

Cronology of the American Civil War

End / Results

Battles

North vs South

Confederate States

Abraham Lincoln

Elections

Index

Presidential election of 1860 (Results)

Abraham Lincoln

He was known for his anti-slavery discourse. Him having won the elections awakened an unrest in the pro-slavery states, despite his promises to mantain the system where it already existed before.

Confederate States of America

As a result of that unrest the following events transpired:

• On December 20, 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede. They were followed by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
• The eleven states that had seceded became the Confederate States of America.
• They named Jefferson Davis as president.
• They wrote a new Constitution which made slavery legal.

Union and Confederate States

• They had many more people
• They had many more factories, which could be used to make weapons.
• The Union also had many more miles of railroad tracks.

North’s Advantages

• The South’s main advantage was that they were fighting at home.
• They were closer to their supplies.
• They would fight harder because they were protecting their homes.
• Southern soldiers were better equipped with the skills necessary to survive a war.

South’s Advantages:

Battle of Bull Run

• One of the first battles of the war was the Battle of Bull Run.
• The North realized after this battle that the war would not be easy and would not be over soon, as they originally thought.

• The first time the Confederacy invaded Northern territory
• Began on Sept. 17, 1862 and lasted 12 hours
• The bloodiest battle day in United States history. 23,000 men killed
• The Union army stopped the Confederate army. President Lincoln was given a chance to announce the abolition of slavery in the South.

Battle of Antietam

Battle of Antietam

Many new weapons were used during the Civil War.

• One of these weapons was an ironclad ship. An ironclad ship was a ship with iron plates on it to protect it from cannon fire.

New Weapons

Battle of Antietam

Other new weapons:

• Deadlier cannons and bullets
• Rifles that were more accurate

Women in the Civil War

• Women on both sides worked during the war. Many became nurses. The most famous nurse from the Union was Clara Barton.
• She also helped organize the American Red Cross.

Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865

President Johnson officially declared an end to the insurrection on May 9, 1865

On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot, Andrew Johnson was immediately sworn in as president.

The last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865

End of the war

Violent Southern groups like Ku-Klux-Klan emerged.

Decrease of the cotton trading from the South.

Death toll

Americans killed

600,000

USA turns into the main industrial power.

The federal government was imposed over the states. The federal government was imposed over the states.

13th, 14th and 15th amendments of the Constitution, abolished slavery and gave equal rights to Afro-American citizens.

Results

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5YJsiRCZHw&ab_channel=StudiesWeekly
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
• https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history

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