Civil War

Sherry Morris

Eighth Grade

U.S. History

Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War

• Slavery

• Sectionalism against nationalism

Election of 1860

• Abraham Lincoln elected President

• South Carolina secedes from the Union

• March 1861 five more states seceded from Union

• Confederate States of America are formed

Emancipation Proclamation

• On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation

• Freed slaves in states rebelling against the Union• Accepted black men into the Union army and navy

The Emancipation Proclamation

•Battle Of Gettysburg

• Began on July 1, 1863 and lasted two days

• Located in Pennsylvania• Largest Civil War battle• Over 51,000 soldiers killed,

wounded or captured making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

• Union victory• Major turning point in the war• Confederate General Robert E.

Lee’s last major effort to move the war into the Northern states

Gettysburg Address

• Click the link below to read the Gettysburg Address

Gettysburg Address

Civil War Ends

• On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia

Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln

• On April 14, 1865, just five days after Lee’s surrender, President Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.

For Further Studies

• http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/

• http://www.unc.edu/lib/mssinv/exhibits/civilwar/

• http://www.civilwar.com/

• http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/