The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and involved the union (North) fighting the confederacy (South). The South seceded from the North due to political and economic issues surrounding states' rights and slavery. The war began when Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina after Southern states increasingly seceded in response to Lincoln's election. Over four bloody years of fighting, major battles like Gettysburg and Vicksburg turned the tide in favor of the Union, which eventually prevailed in reunifying the states and abolishing slavery, though at a tremendous cost of over 620,000 lives. Reconstruction efforts after the war faced challenges imposing a new society in the defeated South.

1. The American Civil
War
By: Chelsea Starks & Sean Moss

2. Intro
What you’re going to do is learn a different way of what
went on with the American Civil War with a little
twist

3. SWAG (Most Peaceful)
The Southern states
decided to band together
and become the
Confederate States of
America

4. DEFENSE
The South attacks
Fort Sumter, South
Carolina, so in
response, Lincoln ca&s
in volunteers to enlist
to help put down the
rebe&ion

5. DETER
The conflict has
already occurred so
the war Lincoln was
trying to avoid was
already in motion.

6. COMPEL
The conflict has
already occurred so
the war Lincoln was
trying to avoid was
already in motion.

7. OFFENSE (Most Aggressive)
Everything jumped
straight to offense
because of either
unmoving side. So the
war began and
continued for four
bloody years

8. CERA
Cause(s)
Event(s)
Resolution
A)ermath

9. CAUSE(S)
The North had a& the political power because their cities grew more rapid than
Southern states
The North had a& the political power because their cities grew more rapid than
Southern states
The South stars wanted to break away *om the North and fight for their own
independence this was ca&ed States Rights
Slavery was another topic America was split on for the simple fact that the
South had a mostly agricultural economy but people in the North ca&ed
abolitionists wanted to band slavery because they felt it was mora&y wrong as
we& as inhumane

10. EVENT(S)
There were major arguments over whether there should be slavery in the new states - Kansas
and Missouri - which started the war of “Bleeding Kansas”
Abolitionist John Brown dies as a martyr trying to help out rebel slaves by breaking into a
federal Armory. He was caught and hung.
Southerner see Lincoln’s acceptance into office a disadvantage towards them since he vowed a
slave *ee country.
Conf. States attack Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Major Robert Anderson surrenders fort to
conf. troops. Lincoln ca&ed for more troops and failed and caused more states to secede.
Victory at Getysburg and Vicksburg in 1863 marked turning point in the Union’s favor.

11. RESOLUTION
The American Civil War lasted four bloody years until
the North fina&y prevailed, the States were unified
again, and slavery was abolished.

12. AFTERMATH
The war ended at a cost of 620,000 lives
Abe Lincoln is assassinated
The South endured many failed attempts to
Reconstruction in hopes that it could impose a new society
on them.

13. Citations
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<http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html>.
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