American Civil War

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American Civil War

The American Civil War was in

1. the 17th century
2. the 18th century
3. the 19th century
4. the 20th century

The American civil war was between

1. The north and the south
2. The east and the west
3. The British and the American
4. The American and the Indian

What was the American Civil War (largely) about?

1. abolition of slavery
2. tax increases
3. the bad living conditions
4. The desire for independence

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 

- 
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?

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

On what date did the Confederate States arise?

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

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 did the American Civil war begin?

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