BY:KENNIAH SMITH

SLAVERY IN AMERICa

• The practice of slavery began in the U.S in the 17th century.
• Most of the slaves live in the southern states
• Slaves were not paid for the work they did
• An abolitionist was a person who wanted to stop slavery in the U.S

THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE

• In1819 the U.S had 22 states
• Free states were states in which slavery was illegal

RESISTANCE

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the U.S in 1860
• Lincoln believed that slavery was wrong
• The 23 states that did not break away were called the Union
• The Under Ground Railroad was a group of secret roads-
• and safe houses that slaves used to escape slavery and gain their freedom

THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS

• The Civil War in the U.S began Aprilof 1861
• Civil War means that the people in the same country are fighting

FORT SUMTER

• The confederate army took over most of the forts in the south except for Fort Sumter
• The union army had control over this Fort

BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

• This battle is thought of the turning point in the Civil War
• The battle of Gettysburg lasted for 4 days

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

• In November ,1863 president Lincoln gavel speech

EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION

• The E.P said that that all the people that
• we're being held as slaves were free
• But this did not end the Civil War

END OF CIVIL WAR

• The CWcontin. Until April of 1865
• Union troops advan.,into the southern states
• The Union won,but nearly 600,000 American
• Soldiers,both Union and Confederates,had died
• The civil war begin April of 1861