The american civil war

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Cause 5: Sectionalism

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1860 Election: A Nation Coming Apart?!

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Sectionalism at its worst!

Sen. Charles Sumner (R-MA)

Congr. Preston Brooks (D-SC)

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The war begins - the firing on Fort Sumter

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Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

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Fort Sumter

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The first States secede

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Advantages of the Union (north)?

Union had double the population

Double the railroads

5 times as many factories

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Confederate (Rebel) advantages (South)

Confederates had the best generals

Defending is always easier than attacking

Farmers fight better than factory workers

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First metal ships in world!

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1863

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Emancipation Proclamation

It freed the slaves only in states that have seceded from the Union.

It did not free slaves in border states.

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Emancipation = freedom

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Gettysburg – turning point

Gettysburg is the largest battle in the history of the Western hemisphere.

Over 100, 000 people died in 3 days.

It was the last time the South invaded the North.

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Gettysburg Address

that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.