1. America in Crisis: Civil War & Reconstruction Part I: 1850-1861

2. At the slaveholding South all is
peace, quiet, plenty, and
contentment.
---George Fitzhugh, 1854
He now wills to remove (slavery),
and that he gives to both North and
South, this terrible war
---Abraham Lincoln, 1865

3. Draft of Virginia’s
Proclamation
Of Secession,
June 14, 1861

4. 1850’s
Decade of
Crisis
1856
1852
1856
1854

5. 1859
1857
1860

6. Secession: December, 1860--April, 1861

7. The Result of Sectionalism

8. The Impact of the War Costs 13th-15th Amendments
Triumph of industrial capitalism
Increased powers of the executive and
legislative branches
End of Southern dominance
Supremacy of the federal government

9. Summary 1. 2. 3. 4.