The American Civil War
Situation :
American independence in
1783 with the Treaty of Paris
Causes :
1854 : the Republican Party was born1860 : Lincoln won the election
February 1861 : a new independent state, the Confederate States with Jefferson Davis
Taxes in the North
Lincoln president
Slavery in the South War
Causes :
Union CSA
Total population 22,100,000 (71%) 9,100,000 (29%)
Slave population, 1860 400,000 3,500,000
Soldiers 2,100,000 (67%) 1,064,000 (33%)
Manufactured items 90% 10%
Bales of cotton in 1860 Negligible 4,500,000
Bales of cotton in 1864 Negligible 300,000
Causes :
12 April 1861 : Confederate artillery fires at Fort Sumter near Charleston
During the war:11 states inhabited
by 9 million people (South)
23 states inhabited
by 25 million people (North)
Reconciliation :
1 April 1865 : Battle of Five Forks that forced Lee to evacuate Richmond-Petersburg, the Confederate capital.
Reconciliation :
1865 : Defeat at Sayler Creek, it became clear to Robert Lee that the fight against the Union is tactically and logistically impossible!
Consequences :
In 1807, the abolition of the
slave trade.
In 1865, slavery is abolished by the
thirteenth amendment .
Birth of Protestant supremacist
groups like the Ku Klux Klan, …
Questions
1- What was the central source of tension in the 1850’s?2- Who were the opponents?3- Which event marked the beginning of the war ?4- When did the war begin?5- Who was the American president?6- Who was the Confederate (southern) army's leader?7- When did it end? 8- When have slavery been abolished?9- What has happening, then?10- Had Blacks and whites the same rights?
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