IMPACT OF THE CIVIL WAR CHAPTER 7.7

UNION FORCES LAY SIEGE TO PETERSBURG At Petersburg, Grant turned to siege tactics as he had in Vicksburg March 1865 two lines of defense stretched for more than 30 miles around Petersburg Union suffered 40,000 casualties CSA lost 28,000

LINCOLN’S PLAN TO HEAL NATION Confederate VP Alexander Stephens met with Lincoln to discuss an end to war Failure because Confederacy could see no future without slavery Congress had just proposed the 13th amendment which would abolish slavery if ratified 13th Amendment ratified December 1865

CONFEDERATES SURRENDER Lee and his troops trapped in the town of Appomattox Court House, VA Lee formally surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865

REASONS FOR UNION VICTORY Superior leadership More resources and supplies Technological superiority Larger population Better finances

PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED April 14, 1865 Lincoln went to Ford’s Theatre to watch Our American Cousin John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head Lincoln died the next morning Plot uncovered to kill Pres, VP, and Sec of State

POLITICAL IMPACT Lincoln’s death had a deep political impact His murder united his supporters and critics He was now viewed as a hero and symbol of freedom AL thank you

THE COSTS OF THE WAR More than 600,000 Americans killed during the war Hundreds of thousands were maimed Social and political disillusionment on both sides fed economic greed Era following war known as The Gilded Age because a superficial beauty covered up underlying decay

THE COSTS OF THE WAR After 1865, industrialization swept the North Rebuilding the South was slow and torturous Cities, railroads, and factories were ruined

WORKS CITED Lapansky-Werner, Emma J. et al. United States History. Pearson Education. 2016. Print.