The Civil War: Political and Economic Developments

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
11/06/1860	Election of 1860	Abraham Lincoln was a Republican who was elected President on November 6, 1860.
12/20/1860	South Carolina secedes from the Union	South Carolina issued "A Declaration of the Causes of Secession" stating that they seceded because they believed President Lincoln was threatening to abolish slavery.
02/01/1861	Southern states secede	Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed South Carolina and seceded from the Union.
04/12/1861	Fort Sumter	South Carolina demanded Union troops to leave Fort Sumter. Lincoln stayed at the Fort and kept supplying it. South Carolina attacked until the fort's commander surendered. This battle made the Southerners believe that the Northerners didn't have the will to fight. The fall of the fort lead Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennesse, and Virginia to secede. This battle aso marked the Beginning of the Civil War.
07/21/1861	The First Battle of Bull Run	The Southerners won this battle.
01/01/1862	Northern Republicans passed several acts.**	*There is no specific date for this. This is just what happened in 1862! -The Morill Tariff Act helped Northern manufacturers by doubling the prewar tariff on imported goods. -The Legal Tender Act created a stable national currency -The National Banking Act strengthened banks and enforced the Legal Tender Act. These acts gove the government power over the economy and provided stablility to the Northern industrial economy.
01/01/1862	Conscription Act of 1862**	*Just the year. No specific date! This act was passed by the Richmond government and forced all men into the Confederate army.
02/05/1862	Southern Economy**	*No specific date. Happened in 1862! The economy was sliding into a depression.
04/06/1862	The Battle of Shiloh	Union general Ulysses S. Grant led the Union army to victory.
09/17/1862	The Battle of Antietam	Robert E. Lee (Confederate general) tried to move up North. Union general George McClellan met Lee at the battlefield. This was a Union victory.
01/01/1863	Drafts**	*No specific date. Just occured in 1863! Congress passed laws to draft men into the Union army. Either the men had to join the army or donate $300.
01/01/1863	Emancipation Proclamation	First issued in September 1862, it actually took effect on January 1, 1863. It freed all slaves behind Confederate lines, did not free any slaves in the border states, and allowed free blacks to join the U.S. Army and Navy.
06/20/1863	West Virginia admitted as a state	West Virginia seceded from Virginia and joined the Union as a free state.
07/04/1863	Siege of Vicksburg	Ulysses S. Grant (Union general) had his army surround the port city of Vicksburg. Eventually, the Confederates surrendered on July 4, 1863.
07/04/1863	Battle of Gettysburg	Union forces were defeating Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. Lee retreated back to territory after three days of war. Another Union victory! This battle crushed the South. The Union's blockade of the South finally started to destroy the Southern economy. They couldn't trade cotton for war supplies anymore.
09/01/1864	March to the Sea	General William Tecumseh Sherman took a small force through the Deep South and destroyed everything in his path. He destroyed and seized Southern cities. This Union victory destroyed the South (literally!).
11/01/1864	Election of 1864**	*Again. This happened in November of 1864. No Specific date! Lincoln was running as a Republican with Andrew Johnson. The Democrats nominated George McClellan. Lincoln was re-elected.
02/01/1865	The Hampton Roads Conference**	*No specific date. Happened in February 1865! President Davis wanted a conference to discuss peace. Lincoln agreed and sent Secretary of State William Seward to the conference. This conference quickly ended because Lincoln wanted a surrender but President Davis disagreed.
04/07/1865	Surrender at Appomattox	Grant's forces broke Lee's defenses and burned Richmond, the COnfederate capital. Lee surrendered to save his troop's lives. On April 9th, they met at the Appomattox Courthouse to have Lee surrender. The Civil War had officially ended.
04/14/1865	Lincoln's Assassination	John WIlkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln just a few days after the Civil War ended.
12/01/1865	Southern Economy**	*Again. Just details. No specific date! The South had a limited number of factories. They had old weapons and terrible uniforms. They also had little to eat.
12/01/1865	Northern Economy**	*No real date. Just information! Northern factories kept producing weapons, clothing, and supplies for Union soldiers. Manufactureres also increased the production of agricultural machines to help farmers prodcue more wheat and corn to feed the army. Oil production and coal mining became big industries. The transcontinental railroad also played a huge part in transporting goods across the nation. The railroads provided easy transportation of goods to armies and back to the factories.
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11/06/1860 to 12/01/1865	The Civil War	Political and Economic Developments