Events of the Civil War
Emancipation proclamation
Declared that all enslaved people in Confederate (Southern) states were now free
Layed the foundation for the 13th amendment
Declared that
Gettysburg Address
Stemmed from the Battle of Gettysburg - Famous union victory
Very gruesome battle
Considered a turning point
Union had the most power
Address
Speech Abe gave to the people after the battle
Honoured the fallen soldiers
Spoke of the importance of continuing
End of the War
Ended on the 9th of April 1865
Sparked by one confederate surrender which triggered many more
Days after, Abe was shot by a Southern sympathiser
Happened on the 22nd of September 1862
Crash Course Part 1
700 000 people died
Deadlier than the revolution WW1 WW2 and Vietnam combined
1861-1865
Caused by slavery
Passed the first conscription act
Lincoln downplayed slavery
Union won the war
Had more people -> 22 million in north, 9 million in the South (3.5 million of which were slaves
Union had more of everything -> Firearms, railway, people, iron, food and clothes
South wanted to just outlast the North, but it didn't work
Battle of Vicksburg and Gettysburg shifted that war
Souths main hope was to get England involved as they relied heavily on the South for their textiles, but they looked to other places like India and Egypt
Changed and promoted the unification of all the states to become singular -> Unites States is a great place to live rather than Unites States are a great place to live
Cost was 6.7 billion dollars