1. IMPACT OF THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER 7.7

2. 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

3. 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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

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