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The American Civil War! What did the Civil War change?
Table of Contents: • Introducion. • Causes of the War. • Warfare. • CSA and USA. • The Battle of Gettysburg. • US Advance: The Eagle’s dive... • Victory of the USA. • Abrah am Lincoln. • Aftermath • Conclusion, sources and questions.
Introduction: • The American Civil War. • 1861-1865 • Confederacy and Union. • 618.000 casualties.
Causes of the War: • Slavery • North VS. South. • Abraham Lincoln. • Jefferson Davis. • 4 years of war. • Fort Sumter.
Warfare: • Start of a revolution. • Minié-bal. • Repeater rifles. • Gatling-gun. • Ironclads.
The battle of Gettysburg: • 3 days; 1 – 3 July 1836. • Named after village. • Most troops in the Civil War: 150.000. • Big turning point, Northern victory. • South, 2½ years losing. • ‘’Stonewall’’ Jackson (arm). • Failed encirclement. • Wrong intelligence.
US Advance: The Eagle’s dive… • Gettysburg. • George Meade. • Ulysses S. Grant. • William T. Sherman. • Surrounded. • Robert E. Lee.
Victory of the USA: • Changes. • Discrimination • As it is today. • Black people. • Economy. • Equality.
Abraham Lincoln: • 16th president of the USA. • 1809-1865 • ‘Honest Abe’. • Slavery abolition. • John Wilkes Booth. • 1864 kidnapping plan. • 1865 Ford Theater. • 10 days, 48 km. 15th April 7:22. ‘’Now he belongs to the Ages’’