Causes of the Civil War
State 3 main reasons why the Civil War began
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The End is Near
“We have fought this fight as long,
and as well as we know how. We
have been defeated. For us as a
Christian people, there is now but
one course to pursue. We must
accept the situation.”
--Robert E. Lee
Monitor v. Merrimack
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Monitor = Union ironclad
Merrimack = Confederate ironclad
First ironclad battle in history
March 8-9, 1862
Draw
Gettysburg
• 3 day battle – July 1-3
1863
• Union and Confederate run
into each other
• Union takes high ground but
eventually leaves position
• Confederates attack but are
put down
• Pickett’s Charge
▫ Attack on Union center –
shot down really quickly
• Confederates weakened, pull
back
• Confederate Army will
never recover
Vicksburg
• Mississippi
• Union wants location
to take over Miss.
River
• Grant distracts Conf.
• Sends infantry to
Vicksburg
• Eventually will assault the
city
• Confederates will
surrender July 3 1863
Gettysburg Address
• Nov 19, 1863
• First orator
spoke for 2
hours
• Lincoln speaks
for 2 minutes
• People now say
the “United
States is”
Confederacy dies
• Stop growing cash crops
• Southerners mad
• Peace movements in mountains
Sherman’s March
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William Tecumseh Sherman
In Atlanta
Conf. troops try to cut off Union supply line
Burns Atlanta November 15, 1864
Takes Savannah
Moves up coast to NC
Bentonville, NC
▫ Largest battle in NC
▫ Attempt to stop Sherman
Election of 1864
• Lincoln faced opposition
• Andrew Johnson – pro-Union Democrat [TN]
▫ Lincoln’s running mate
• Lincoln doesn’t think he’ll win
• Victories from war and absentee ballots
give Lincoln the win
Election of 1864
War Officially Wins
• Jefferson Davis flees
Richmond
• Lee and Grant agree
to meet in
Appomattox Court
House
• Lee surrenders!
• April 9, 1865
• Grant is generous to
Lee’s military
• War is over