The American Civil War

BY GREER KILLMAN

EQ: What are the causes and

effects of the American Civil War?

Before the Civil War: Slavery

Early 1800s- most controversial

movement is to end slavery

North: indifference and support of

abolition

South: depended on slavery to

maintain their way of life

Before the Civil War: Sectionalism

Sectionalism: loyalty to ones own

region
Norths

interest: Factories

Souths

interest: Agriculture

North opposed slavery

South feared abolition would end

their way of life

Before the Civil War: States Rights

North: preferred a strong federal gov

South: preferred strong individual

states rights

John C. Calhoun defended the

Souths states rights:
Equal

rights in the territories

Return

of fugitive slaves

Guarantee

of a balance of power

Before the Civil War: Secession

Secession: Breaking away from the Union

Started by Southern leaders

South Carolina: first state to secede

February 1861: The Confederate States of

America were formed

Confederate president: Jefferson Davis

Before the Civil War: Presidential

Election of 1860

Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen

Douglas

Lincoln believed slavery was

morally wrong

Lincoln won the election of 1860

After the Civil War

Main focus: rebuilding and reuniting

Era of Reconstruction

1865-1877

The Union wins

Slavery is ended

After the Civil War: Social Effects

Discrimination, segregation, and racism

1866, KKK started by Confederate veterans

Black codes passed in the South

Freedmens Bureau: help, protection,

and education for freed African
Americans

Death as a result of war

http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/howthey-died

After the War: Economic Effects

The

South in ruins

Confederate
Two-thirds
The

money is worthless

transportation destroyed

Panic of 1873

Dozens
Stock

of small banks close

market drops quickly

After the War: Political Effects

Radical Republicans gain control

Fourteenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

African Americans in politics: legislators and

administrators

The Compromise of 1877

Standards and Resources

Standard 4-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the
causes, the course, and the effects of the American Civil War.
4-6.3 Explain the specific events and issues that led to the Civil War,
including sectionalism, slavery in the territories, states rights, the
presidential election of 1860, and secession.
4-6.5 Explain the social, economic, and political effects of the Civil
War on the United States.

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