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CIVIL WAR
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2. IMMEDIATE: A. LINCOLN'S ELECTION AS PRESIDENT B. SOUTHERN STATE'S DECISION TO SECEDE C. SOUTHERN FORCES' FIRING ON FORT SUMTER
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Rating the North & the South
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Slave/Free States Population, 1861
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Railroad Lines, 1860
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Resources: North & the South
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The Union & Confederacy in 1861
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Men Present for Duty in the Civil War
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Soldiers’ Occupations: North/South Combined
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The Leaders of the Confederacy
Pres. Jefferson Davis VP Alexander Stevens
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Buy Your Way Out of Military Service
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The North Initiates the Draft, 1863
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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NYC Draft Riots, (July 13-16, 1863)
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A “Pogrom” Against Blacks
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Emancipation in 1863
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African-American Recruiting Poster
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The Famous 54th Massachusetts
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Inflation in the South
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1864 Election Pres. Lincoln (R) George McClellan (D)
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Presidential Election Results: 1864
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Casualties on Both Sides
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Civil War Casualties in Comparison to Other Wars
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Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865)
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The Assassin John Wilkes Booth
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The Assassination
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WANTED~~!!
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The Execution
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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
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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) MILLION B. SOUTH - 1/4 OF ITS SOLDIERS DIED MILLION 8. SPURRED ECONOMIC GROWTH
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