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What do you know about the history of the USA?

First men on the moon

American civil war

Learning goals

At the end of the lesson, you will know the most important things about the American Civil War

What do you know about the American civil war?

Content (timeline)

- What is the American Civil War?

- December 1860- February 1861: 
Southern states are breaking away

- 12 Arpil 1861:                                           The beginning of the fightings 

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Some important battles

- 17 September 1862:                             The Battle of Antietam 

- 9 April 1865:                                             The end of the Amarican Civil War

- 14 April 1865:                                           The murder of Abraham Lincoln

- 18 December 1865:                               Abolition of slavery

What is the American Civil War?

The American Civil War was a conflict in the United States between the Northern states (the Union) and the Confederate states (the confederation). This took four years from 1861 to 1865. In many states bloody battles and campaigns took place. The American Civil War had more American casualties than all other wars fought by the United States combined. This civil war is also well known to the Americans. It was the most gruesome war ever fought in the world.

When was the American Civil War?

1. 1776 - 1783
2. 1810 - 1815
3. 1861 - 1865
4. 1880 - 1885

What was the name of the Northern states?

1. The Union
2. The Confederation

what was the name of the Southern states?

1. The Southern states
2. The Confederation
3. The Southers
4. The Confeders

December 1860 - February 1861:
The Southern states break away

Abraham Lincoln's election as president of the US in 1860 sparked the American Civil War. Many states left the Union. President Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery. In the months following Lincoln's election victory, 7 Southern states had already left the US by February 1, 1861. They did not want slavery to be abolished. The Confederate states joined forces to form the Confederate States of America on February 4. They drafted their own constitution and elected their own president on February 9, Jefferson Davis.

In 1861, the American Civil War was inevitable.

On the backsight you can see the flag of the GSV (Confederated States of America) 1861-1863.

What was the American Civil War (largely) about?

1. abolition of slavery
2. tax increases
3. the bad living conditions
4. The lack of rules

Who Was the President of America in 1860?

1. Abraham Linol
2. Abaraham Lincoln
3. Abraham Lincoln
4. Abraham Loncoln

On what date did the Confederate States arise?

1. 4 February 1860
2. 5 February 1860
3. 5 February 1861
4. 4 February 1861

April 12, 1861: Beginning of the fightings

- Attack on Fort Sumter

- Southern area, South Carolina

- occupied by Northern states

- Jefferson David wanted cleared 

- Lincoln wanted to keep

- 12 April Confederates opened fire on the fort

-  Lincoln wanted to reclaim 

- 7 states

- 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?

1. 12 May 1861
2. 12 April 1861
3. 12 February 1861
4. 12 April 1860

Where was Fort Sumter?

1. North Carolina
2. South Carolina

How began the American Civil war?

1. Attack on Fort Summer
2. Attack on Fort Carolina
3. Attack on Fort Souther
4. Attack on Fort Sumter

Major battles 

Major battles were:

- The Battle of Bull Run (July 1861) More about this in a moment

- the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862)

- the Battle of Antietam (17 September 1862: the bloodiest war of the Civil War)

- the Battle of Perryville (October 1862)

- the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862)

- the infamous Battle of Gettysburg from July 1 to 3, 1863.

- In 1864, the Battle of the Wilderness (May),

- the Battle of Cold Harbor (June),

- the Battle of Atlanta (July-September)

- and the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee (November).

- The last battles of the Civil War were the Battle of Fort Fisher (January 1865)
    and the Battle of Palmito Ranch, Texas on May 12-13, 1865.

Excersice

Write a summary about the video. Write down the important things like what did you notice? What happened? 

After that some of you may read the summary in class.

9 April 1865: The end of the war
How do you think that the war will end? And who will win, North or South?

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

18 December 1865: 

abolition of slavery