5V U2P3 American Civil War

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American Civil War

The American civil war was between

1. The north and the south states
2. The east and the west states
3. The British and the American
4. The Americans and the Indians

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 American Civil War (largely) about?

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

The Confederate Flag refers to

1. The flag that was used in the Civil War
2. the flag that is used by Democratic party
3. the flag that stands for white supremacy
4. the flag that is used in the Southern States.

confederate (adj)

1. together with a partner
2. belonging to a confederacy
3. illegal and secretive

to secede
(The Southern states seceded from the Union)

1. afscheiden
2. oorlog voeren
3. een contract tekenen

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 

- 
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

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