American Civil War
American civil war
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American civil war
The American Civil War was in
the 17th century
the 18th century
the 19th century
the 20th century
The American civila war was between
The north and the south
The east and the west
The British and the American
The American and the Indian
What was the American Civil War (largely) about?
abolition of slavery
tax increases
the bad living conditions
The desire for independence
What was the American experiment?
Why was the fact that the North won so important?
Convinced that white supremacy and slavery were threatened by the November 1860 election of Republican Abraham Lincoln to the U.S. presidency , the seven slave states seceded from the United States, with the loyal states becoming known as the Union during the following American Civil War.
The Start
Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860
Many states left the Union.
7 Southern states
President Jefferson Davis.
In the background you can see the flag of the CSV (Confederated States of America) 1861-1863.
Content (timeline)
- What is the American Civil War?
- December 1860- February 1861:
Southern states are breaking away
- 12 April 1861: The beginning of the fightings
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Some important battles and generals
- 17 September 1862: The Battle of Antietam
- 19 November 1863: the 272-word Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln
- 9 April 1865: The end of the American Civil War
- 14 April 1865: The murder of Abraham Lincoln
- 18 December 1865: Abolition of slavery
What is the American Civil War?
Northern states (the Union)
Confederate states (the confederation).
1861 to 1865.
many casualties in man to man fights
When was the American Civil War?
1776 - 1783
1810 - 1815
1861 - 1865
1880 - 1885
What was the name of the Northern states?
The Union
The Confederation
On what date did the Confederate States arise?
4 February 1860
5 February 1860
5 February 1861
4 February 1861
Beginning of the fightings
Attack on Fort Sumter (South Carolina)
Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina en Virginia Left the Union
Confederation 11 states with 9 million inhabitants and 3,5 million slaves.
Union 23 states with 23 million inhabitants.
on what date did the American Civil War begin?
12 May 1861
12 April 1861
12 February 1861
12 April 1860
Where was Fort Sumter?
North Carolina
South Carolina
How began the American Civil war?
Attack on Fort Summer
Attack on Fort Carolina
Attack on Fort Souther
Attack on Fort Sumter
The real ending
- Surrender of Confederate general Robert E. Lee
- April 1865
- Battle of Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia
- June
- South surrendered
- Union won
- 618.000 killed
- 350.000 injured