CIVIL WAR
2. IMMEDIATE: A. LINCOLN'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT B. SOUTHERN STATE'S DECISION TO SECEDE C. SOUTHERN FORCES' FIRING ON FORT SUMTER
Rating the North & the South
Slave/Free States Population, 1861
Railroad Lines, 1860
Resources: North & the South
The Union & Confederacy in 1861
Men Present for Duty in the Civil War
Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined
The Leaders of the Confederacy Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens
Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
A “Pogrom” Against Blacks
Emancipation in 1863
African-American Recruiting Poster
The Famous 54th Massachusetts
Inflation in the South
1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)
Presidential Election Results: 1864
Casualties on Both Sides
Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)
The Assassin John Wilkes Booth
The Assassination
WANTED~~!!
The Execution
CONSEQUENCES: 1. ECONOMICALLY THE SOUTH WAS DEVASTATED; POLITICALLY IT WAS SUBJECT TO DOMINATION BY A CONGRESS CONTROLLED BY NORTHERNERS 2. SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED: ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS WERE FREE CITIZENS OF THE U.S. 3. THREE IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS WERE ADDED TO THE CONSTITUTION 13TH - FREED SLAVES 14TH - CITIZENSHIP 15TH - RIGHT TO VOTE CANNOT BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN
4. THE NATIONAL UNION WAS PRESERVED 5. THE FEDERAL SYSTEM WAS UNDERSTOOD TO BE ONE IN WHICH NATIONAL LAWS WERE SUPREME; SECESSION OF A STATE WOULD NEVER AGAIN BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED 6. DEEP RESENTMENT ON THE PART OF THE SOUTHERN STATES 7. APPROXIMATELY 620,000 DIED A. NORTH - 360,000(ABOUT) - 22 MILLION B. SOUTH - 1/4 OF ITS SOLDIERS DIED - 9.5 MILLION 8. SPURRED ECONOMIC GROWTH