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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 - Coggle Diagram
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
CAUSES
ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES
Northern states
Mainly industrialized; developed.
Immigrants from European countries willing to work in factories
ABOLITIONIST: against slavery
Southern states
Agricultural and rural;
4 million black slaves working in plantations
They RELIED ON SLAVES: in favour of SLAVERY
KEY EVENTS
Northern States ask for the abolition of slavery
1860 presidential elections
The abolitionist Abraham Lincoln wins
11 confederate states proclaim their independence
The right to seceed is denied
Civil war breaks out
Fighting parties
Northern states
Republican Party
Leader: Abraham Lincoln
Southern states
Confederate States of America that "seceded"
Jefferson Davis as "president"
OUTCOME
Northern States won
Slavery was abolished: 13th Amendment of the Constitution
Lincoln was assassinated by a Southern fanatic
Slaves officially gained their freedom