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    The document discusses the causes and effects of the American Civil War. It outlines several key factors that increased sectional tensions between the North and South leading up to the war, including the issues of slavery, states' rights, and the presidential election of 1860 which helped spark secession by southern states. The summary describes some of the major social, economic, and political impacts of the war, such as the end of slavery, challenges in rebuilding the post-war South, and amendments that expanded civil rights.

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    The document discusses the causes and effects of the American Civil War. It outlines several key factors that increased sectional tensions between the North and South leading up to the war, including the issues of slavery, states' rights, and the presidential election of 1860 which helped spark secession by southern states. The summary describes some of the major social, economic, and political impacts of the war, such as the end of slavery, challenges in rebuilding the post-war South, and amendments that expanded civil rights.

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    The American Civil War

    BY GREER KILLMAN

    EQ: What are the causes and


    effects of the American Civil War?

    Before the Civil War: Slavery

    Early 1800s- most controversial


    movement is to end slavery

    North: indifference and support of


    abolition

    South: depended on slavery to


    maintain their way of life

    Before the Civil War: Sectionalism

    Sectionalism: loyalty to ones own


    region
    Norths

    interest: Factories

    Souths

    interest: Agriculture

    North opposed slavery

    South feared abolition would end


    their way of life

    Before the Civil War: States Rights

    North: preferred a strong federal gov

    South: preferred strong individual


    states rights

    John C. Calhoun defended the


    Souths states rights:
    Equal

    rights in the territories

    Return

    of fugitive slaves

    Guarantee

    of a balance of power

    Before the Civil War: Secession

    Secession: Breaking away from the Union

    Started by Southern leaders

    South Carolina: first state to secede

    February 1861: The Confederate States of


    America were formed

    Confederate president: Jefferson Davis

    Before the Civil War: Presidential


    Election of 1860

    Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen


    Douglas

    Lincoln believed slavery was


    morally wrong

    Lincoln won the election of 1860

    After the Civil War

    Main focus: rebuilding and reuniting

    Era of Reconstruction

    1865-1877

    The Union wins

    Slavery is ended

    After the Civil War: Social Effects

    Discrimination, segregation, and racism

    1866, KKK started by Confederate veterans

    Black codes passed in the South

    Freedmens Bureau: help, protection,


    and education for freed African
    Americans

    Death as a result of war

    http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/howthey-died

    After the War: Economic Effects


    The

    South in ruins

    Confederate
    Two-thirds
    The

    money is worthless

    transportation destroyed

    Panic of 1873

    Dozens
    Stock

    of small banks close

    market drops quickly

    After the War: Political Effects

    Radical Republicans gain control

    Fourteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment

    African Americans in politics: legislators and


    administrators

    The Compromise of 1877

    Standards and Resources


    Standard 4-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the
    causes, the course, and the effects of the American Civil War.
    4-6.3 Explain the specific events and issues that led to the Civil War,
    including sectionalism, slavery in the territories, states rights, the
    presidential election of 1860, and secession.
    4-6.5 Explain the social, economic, and political effects of the Civil
    War on the United States.

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    3181417/slaves_in_cotton_field_1.jpg
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    Resources continued

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    ABF8/tinud8dBnoI/s1600/Secession_Vote_by_CountyA.jpg

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    https://wikihistoria.wikispaces.com/Andrew+Johnson

    https://historygcp.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/fremenbur.jpg

    http://www.sisd.net/Page/29057

    http://www.nj.com/morristown/index.ssf/2008/06/brother_vs_brother
    at_historic.html

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