CIVIL WAR

CAUSES OF CIVIL WAR

• There were disputes between the North and South.
• They argued over public lands and states' rights.
• The South wanted slavery, but the North didn't.

CAUSE OF CIVIL WAR

• The future of slavery.
• The North had machines so they didn't need any slaves.
• South wanted slavery because they needed help to pull cotton.
• If the South hired people they wouldn't become rich 
• North had machines so they didn't need any slaves.

cause of civil war

• South had to do more importing, because of cotton.
• They would have to send it up or over for machines to process the cotton.
• Southern states had to pay tariffs.
• Southern states' had rights to not pay tariffs, because of states' rights.
• North and South had an argument over tariffs.

cause of civil war

• The South wanted to separate from the North. 
• Wanted to separate, because of tariffs.

nullification crisis

• Henry Clay-proposed a lower tariff to keep peace.
• Andrew Jackson ( President U.S. )
• About tariff and states' rights.
• In 1830
• South wanted to nullify the teriff.

nullification crisis

• The South declares the tariff act illegal.
• South in 1832 threatened to secede. 
• South Carolina repealed the Nullification Act. 

political issues/effects

• The North could live, but they need to work.
• North West territories prohibited slavery.

political issues/effects

• The South didn't want free black slaves.
• Made teaching slaves a felony. 
• Free blacks were forbidden to enter Southern states.
• Wanted to expand their slave-based economy.

Economic issues/effects

• The North was led by Daniel Webster.
• Wanted high tariffs on goods to protect.
• Industring and urbanizing 

economic issues/ effects

• South remained a predominantly agricultural area.
• Some pushed for greater industrialization, but there was little money.
• To raise the capital required, Southerners would have to sell their slaves.

social issues/effects

• No other economic issues brought about the civil war.
• Aside from the economic institution of slavery.

social issues/effects

• A society that refused to integrate and found walls to segrate.  
• Political pres. Lincoln election caused the South to secede.

military leaders/importance

• George McClellan moved cautiously to defeat a brilliant taction like Lee.  
• Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson, stood 'like a stone' at Bull Run.

military leaders/importance

• Robert E. Lee whom each side wanted to lead its army.
• In 1846 Union General William T. Sherman brought a new strategy to South.  

political leaders/importance

• Abraham Lincoln was the president of the United States during the Civil War
• The North had more men.

political leaders/importance

• Formed the Confederate States of America, and elected Jefferson Davis.
• In April of 1861, Confederate troops attacked federal garrison at Fort Sum 
• Civil War began

BEGINNING battles

• Lasted 4 years.
• Started in Fort Sumter.
• April 12, 1861, Confederate General Pierre Beauregard fired cannons Fort Su
• Fort Sumter went up in flames and Anderson to surrender.
• Lee decided to take the war to the North.

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• Union Soldier found a paper that had Lee's battle plan written on it.
• Now, McClellan knew what Lee intended to do.

battles climax

• The two armies clashed near small town on Antietam Creek in September 1862.
• Lee won, but it left his army in shambles. 
• In Pennsylvania Lee found a  battle that was a turning point in the war. 
• Started on July 1863 , in Gettysburg.
• Small group of Southern soldiers entered the town, and Northern troops sho 

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• July 3, Lee decided to attack the middle of Union line and sent Pickett's m
• From the hill, the Union army killed them and won the battle.

ending battles

• Final battle occurred around Petersburg. 
• Grant lost two soldiers for every one that Lee lost, but Grant had more men
• April 2, 1865,Confederates had lost many soldiers had to abandon Peter 
• Grant wrote up a surrender stating the Confederate soldiers leave
• Lee surrender at Antietam Court House.

why did the south want slAVES, BUT THE NORTH DIDN'T WANT SLAVES?

• South had many cotton fields.
• Needed many hands to pick cotton so they could sell cotton.
• North had many boats and technology so they didn't need any.

WORK CITED

• Textbook
• American Nation
• http:.//www.Shmoop.com/civil-war/politics.html
• Triangle Level Papers
• TAKS Coach