CIVIL WAR

CAUSES

• Slavery- South was based upon slavery but north wasn't .
• States Rights- Many states believed they were a slave state.
• Economic Differences- South was based on farming and North was based on industrial and factory's.

Battle of Fort Sumter

• Significance- First battle of the civil war.
• Confederate won.
• Union- "we will not surrender"
• Confederate- "we opened fire and they had to surrender"

BATTLE OF ANTIETAM

• Significance- It was the bloodiest day of the war.
• Union victory.
• Union- "we lost a lot of people,but we won because confederate withdrew
• Confederate- Too many people are dead we will withdraw"

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

• Significance- It was a chance of chance of encounter.
• Union victory.
• Union- "we took advantage of an opportunity"
• Confederate- "we came to get supplies and ran into the union army

BATTLE OF VICKSBURG

• Significance- The confederacy was split in two.
• Union victory.
• Union- "we can regain control of the Mississippi River"
• Confederate- "after 6 weeks, we had to surrender"

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• Significance- Declared that all slaves in areas still in rebellion were free.
• "We are Free"

SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURTHOUS

• Significance- General Lee surrenders.
• Union victory.
• Union- "Its done"
• Confederate- "we were surroundedand had to surrender"

PRESIDENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR

• Union- Abraham Lincoln
• Confederate- Jefferson Davis
• Lincoln- "This war didnt need to happen"

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GENERALS OF THE U.S CIVIL WAR

• Union- Ulysses S.Grant
• Confederate- Robert E Lee