1、 2.6 Civil War The Civil War is the central event in Americas historical consciousness.While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States,the Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation it would be.Part 1 How did the American Civil War start?Part 1 How did the American Civil War s
2、tart?Economic,political and moral factors combined in contributing to the American Civil War.Issues Southern States Northern States Economy Plantations Manufacturing center Slavery continued Abolished Political power More powerful less powerful Support The Confederacy The Union The Civil WarThe Civi
3、l War The event that triggered war came at Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay on April 12,1861.The South was well prepared for the war and was mainly fighting defensively on its territory.With the advantages of a strong military tradition and many experienced military leaders,the South won many early bat
4、tles.But the North enjoyed advantages of a larger population and greater economic and industrial strength.More importantly,the North took the moral high ground and won full support of its people and from the international society.By the spring of 1865,all the principal Confederate armies surrendered
5、 Part 2 Emancipation ProclamationPart 2 Emancipation Proclamation In 1863,Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation,a presidential proclamation and executive order.When it took effect,the Emancipation Proclamation freed 3.1 million of the nations 4 million slaves.It had the practical effect th
6、at as soon as a slave escaped the control of the Confederate government,the slave became legally free.It was issued as a war measure during the American Civil War.Part 3 The Significance of the Civil WarPart 3 The Significance of the Civil War Northern victory in the war preserved the United States
7、as one nation.It ended the institution of slavery that had divided the country from its beginning.But these achievements came at the cost of 625,000 lives.The war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolution:1.Whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of
8、 sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government;2.Whether this nation would continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world.It completed the American Revolution and removed the obstacles to the development of capitalism in the US and laid a good foundation for the rise of the US as a world power.
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