1. Civil War ROBERT KELLY- 7K

2. Resolution and beginning and end The war began 1861 and ended 1865 The resolution of civil wars is a fundamentally complex process Civil wars are comprised of multiple, nonunitary combatants who interact in battles, negotiations, and agreements over time. Whereas existing models of civil war resolution assume a linear progression through stages of the peace process, in most cases, combatants advance through stages of a peace process only to revert to earlier stages.

3. Major causes With Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793, cotton became very profitable. This machine was able to reduce the time it took to separate seeds from the cotton. Since the time of the Revolution, two camps emerged: those arguing for greater states rights and those arguing that the federal government needed to have more control. As America began to expand, first with the lands gained from the Louisiana Purchase and later with the Mexican War, the question of whether new states admitted to the union would be slave or free.

4. Side A Confederate leaders, Robert e lee was the general of the confederate leaders.

5. Side B Union military leader, Abraham Lincoln was the president at this time he started this war.

6. Turing point of the war July 1, 1863 - At Gettysburg, PA the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia begin the battle of Gettysburg. The largest and bloodiest battle ever fought in North America, the engagement would end in a decisive victory for Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (left) and the Union. Coupled with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's capture of Vicksburg on July 4, Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. This article provides an account of the fighting at Gettysburg and Grant's campaign to take Vicksburg.

7. Home front of the war Life living through the civil war has to be very bad also for where it happened. Also some people survived but they had to see everything that happened how the family is getting killed.

8. Final resolution The civil war ended on April 2 nd 1965 with the surrender of the Confederate army. 620,000 Americans had died in the war. Thousands had been injured.

9. Effects of the civil war The Civil War tore families apart from each other. Men, as well as boys, were forced to fight to defend their side. Many families were separated because of their beliefs on slavery. Loved ones were killed in battle. Women, men, and children were forced to cope with the deaths of friends and family. The Civil War, as other wars, was a time of depression that affected many people and families. In conclusion, slavery was abolished, and several families were reunited together. Many buildings and homes were rebuilt and some plantation owners were forced to give up many acres of land. After the Civil War, more African Americans were accepted in America. In addition, families farmed and managed their own plantations.

10. Resources Http://americancivilwar.com/tl/timeline.html http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_r esearch_citation/3/6/1/0/0/p361004_index.html http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_r esearch_citation/3/6/1/0/0/p361004_index.html http://library.thinkquest.org http://americanhistory.about.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War http://www.history.com/search?search- field=Civil+War http://www.history.com/search?search- field=Civil+War