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Civil War

Civil War. Introduction. A civil war is a war between people who live in the same country. The American civil war was fought between the North and the South states. It lasted from 1861-1865. The war was triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. What started it?.

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Civil War

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  1. Civil War

  2. Introduction • A civil war is a war between people who live in the same country. • The American civil war was fought between the North and the South states. • It lasted from 1861-1865. • The war was triggered by the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

  3. What started it? • The North and the South disagreed about Slavery • The Southern states believed they had the right to own slaves. • The Northern states believed that slaves should be free. • Southern states wanted to secede (leave) the United States. • The Northern states said that no state could leave the Union. • The South believed they had to right to secede.

  4. Abraham Lincoln • One of the most remembered and influential people in the Civil War. • President of the United States • Opposed slavery • Believed in staying as one nation, not as individual states.

  5. Ulysses S. Grant • General of the Northern army that defeated the South. • Opposed to slavery. • Became President later in life.

  6. Frederick Douglass • Former slave who escaped, came North, and opposed slavery. • Great writer who made many speeches against slavery and the war.

  7. Jefferson Davis • President of the Confederate states. • Wanted the South and Union to be separated. • Wrote Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government in 1881.

  8. Robert E. Lee • Leader of the Confederate Army in Northern Virginia • Offered command of Union troops, but chose not to fight against Virginia. • Opposed secession • Urged Southerners to accept defeat and reunite.

  9. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson • One of the most skilled Confederate generals, from Virginia. • Earned the nick name “Stonewall” because he refused to let his troops back down. • General Barnard said he was “like a stone wall.”

  10. Famous Battles • Fort Sumter (April 12, 1861) • Confederate victory • Battle at Bull Run (July 21, 1861) • Confederate victory • Shiloh (April 6, 1862) • Confederate victory • Antietam (September 16, 1862) • Confederate victory • Gettysburg (July 1, 1863) • Union victory • Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) • Union victory

  11. Major Events of the War • The Emancipation Proclamation, in 1863, made “freeing the slaves” the focus of the war. • In the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863, Lincoln said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” • General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.

  12. Constitutional Changes • Amendment 13 - Abolishment of Slavery. • Amendment 14 - Equal protection of laws for all races. • Amendment 15 - Voting rights for all men.

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