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1. AMERICANCIVILWAR
Esther T. Andrés, Celia del Campo,
Diego García, Marta Robles

2. outline
- 1. General facts
- 2. “Divided nations”
- 3. Causes & consequences
- 4. Social changes
- 5. Evolution
- 6. Today´s situation
- 7. Slideshare

3. 1.generalfacts
Fact 1# Northern Vs Southern states
Fact 2# 1861 - 1865
Fact 3# President Abraham Lincoln
Fact 4# Slavery
Fact 5# Economic differences
Fact 6# Human rights

4. 2.dividednations
Fought between the United States of America and the
Confederate States of America.
The big question: whether the United States was to be a
dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or not.
NORTH:urban areas, slavery was abolished
SOUTH:large-scale farms, slave owners

5. 2.dividednations

6. 3.causesandconsequences
Summary
Causes
Economic
differences
Lincoln’s
anti-slavery
Secession of
Southern
States
Consequences
Destruction of the
South
Freedom of slaves
and right to
vote
Return to the
Union of
Southern States

7. 4.socialchanges
1.13th Amendment: slavery banned
2.14th Amendment: citizenship for all born in the U.S.
3.Women's rights gain momentum
4.Battlefield photography
5.Destruction of the Southern hierarchical society
6.Memorial Day

8. 5.evolution
Afro-American soldier company Family of Afro-American
farmers
Servant taking care of child
Martin Luther King Meeting
President of United States from 2009 - nowadays.

9. 6.today’ssituation
-What do you think about today´s situation of the Afro-
American community in the USA?
-Politics
-Education
-Jobs
-Economy

10. 7.slideshare
Key events leading to the Civil War
Causes of the Civil War
The Civil War: Union vs Confederacy

11. 8.References
- Images took from google images
- «10 Facts You Should Know About the Civil War». N.p., s. f. Web. 9 mar. 2016.
- "North and South: Different Cultures, Same Country." Civilwar.org. Council on Foreign
Relations. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
- Towner, Betsy. "Civil War - 50 Ways It Changed American Life - Power of 50 - AARP ..."
AARP. 1 June 2011. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
- "Cause and Effects of the Civil War." YouTube. YouTube. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
- "HERNDONAPUSH - Social, Political, and Economic Effects of the War in North , South,
and West." HERNDONAPUSH - Social, Political, and Economic Effects of the War in North
, South, and West. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
- "Civil Rights and Social Change - Encyclopedia of Arkansas." Civil Rights and Social
Change - Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
- Shmoop Editorial Team. "Society in The Civil War." Shmoop.com. Shmoop University,
Inc., 2008. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.

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