The Union in Peril Civil War Chapter 4 The Union in Peril Civil War

Slavery and New Territories Slavery – Economic Issue (North vs. South) Mexican American War and Louisiana Purchase California – Compromise of 1850

Protest to Slavery Non-violent: Violent: Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe Violent: “Bleeding Kansas” Senator Charles Sumner

Leading to Southern Secession Dred Scott Decision Abraham Lincoln elected president in 1860 Southern Secession South Carolina December 20 1860 Confederacy is formed Jefferson Davis – President

Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863 Declaration that all slaves are to recognized as free No immediate effect Turns the war into a moral battle

Economic, Political, Social Effects North strived, South suffered Inflation Political: A nation divided Social: Women, contributions African Americans fight

The Civil War Early Union Victories – Grant Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address Confederates surrender at Vicksburg - Grant Lincoln Reelected Surrender at Appomattox Grant and Lee meet

Effects of the War Over 600,000 Americans died Strength of the Federal Government Economic Gap increases Thirteenth Amendment Lincoln Assassinated John Wilkes Booth Andrew Johnson takes over

Reconstruction 1865-1877 Confederate states allowed back into Union Fourteenth Amendment Fifteenth Amendment Grant wins the Election of 1868 A devastated South Ku Klux Klan