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Abolished Slavery in the US. President Lincoln approved it. -
Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. The South didn't trust Lincoln, even though he said he would do nothing to abolish slavery in the South. -
South believed in States Rights. If states voluntarily joined the United States, then they should be able to voluntarily leave as well -
The Civil War started because the South's attack on Fort Sumter. It was a 2 day battle. -
The Union wanted to capture the South's capital because it is the power place in the South. The North now has to state taking the war more serious and they don't see war as good anymore. -
Known as the bloodiest war. They fought all day but nothing was happening, just people dying. First major win in the North. -
McLellan was replaced by General Burnside after Antietam. After the lost of Antietam, Lee moved his army back into Virginia. -
Lincoln was hesitant to free slaves. Only freed slaves in South. Lead the most famous of the all black regiments. -
Lee tries the Antietam strategy again. Invade the North and make them give up. Lee crossed into Pennsylvania where there were a supply of shoes. Then Lees troops ran into Union troops. -
Vicksburg was the last stronghold of the Confederates on the Mississippi River. Victory at Vicksburg opened up the "deep South" to Union control. -
Most famous of the all black regiments. Attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina. -
They had one of the most famous speeches in the Gettysburg address, and it was only 2 minutes long. 3,500 soldiers burned. -
A war not just against enemy troops, but against anything that supports the enemy. They had total war were they destroy everything the South built. -
The civil war ended in a small town called Appomattox court house. 620,000 people died spent a lot of money, and destroyed a lot of things.
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