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Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860 in a 4-way contest. Only receiving less than 40% of the popular vote. Lincoln won against Stephen Douglas, John Breckenridge, and John Bell. Lincoln was the first President to win as a Republican. -
11 Southern States moved away from the United States. Southern States wanted slavery but Northern and other states didn't making Southern States dive away from the United States. Not liking Lincoln becoming President Southern knew they wouldn't be allowed slavery if he was in office. The Confederate States included Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. -
Fort Sumter was the first military action of the Civil War. 2 days later the fort surrendered. No one was killed. Fort Sumter was the Confederate States attacking the United States military. -
Confederates won this battle. Lincoln ordered the General to fight the Confederates. Making it the bloodiest battle in American history. 32,000 Union forces died while 35,000 Confederate forces died. -
Jefferson Davis was the first and the only President of the Confederate States. Jefferson Davis was a planter, politician, and soldier born in Kentucky. Jefferson had a big impact on the Civil War. Jefferson thought blacks were inferior to whites. -
62,000 troops were killed in this battle. The Union won the Battle of Shiloh. The water turns red from all the blood. The Confederates surprised the Union. -
Union victory. One of the turning points in this Civil War. New rifles make it even more accurate. Union deaths were 87,000 soldiers while 38,000 deaths were for Confederates. Deadliest battle in US history. -
Declared "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free." Applying to Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, etc. Over 4 million slaves were freed. Nearly 360,000 in North Carolina California was the last state to free slaves -
The Union won the Battle of Vicksburg. Giving control of the Mississippi River to the Union. Making a turning point in favor of the Union. Also getting control over Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas would be separated from the rest of the Confederacy. -
23,000 Yankees died while 28,000 Confederates died. Females fought on both sides of the war as well. Union won the Battle of Gettysburg. One of the most expensive battles -
A speech the U.S. President Lincoln delivered during the Civil War. The Ideals are worth dying for and carry on the work of the people who died. To keep fighting for freedom and equality for all. “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." -
Sherman's soldiers stole food and livestock and burned the houses and barns of people who tried to fight back against them. Sherman's 2 goals were to capture Atlanta and Georgia. Stealing almost 9.5 million pounds of corn and 10.5 million pounds of fodder. Sherman didn't burn down Charleston because "some say he had a girlfriend there." -
While attending a play John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln. John Booth believed even after the surrender of the South they could still be restored. Lincoln only lived 9 hours after being shot. Lincoln survived 5 attempts of failed assassination. -
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. The final battle of the Civil War. Lee surrendered his army because he wanted to prevent unnecessary destruction to the South. Robert E. Lee died 5 years after the Civil War. -
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Slaves couldn't be imprisoned, whether on chain gangs or in modern penitentiaries. The bill failed.