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1 Civil War Conclusion: The Legacy of the War

2 Political Changes No state has ever seceded since Federal government is definitely in charge (income tax, draft)

3 Economic Changes National railroad system

4 Economic Changes North’s industry continued to boom

5 Economic Changes South was crushed –Slaves were gone –40% of livestock were killed –Farm machinery and railroads destroyed –1000’s of acres destroyed

6 Refugees on top of train

7 Men and Fields Destroyed

8 Costs of the War 360,000 Union dead 260,000 Confederates dead 500,000 total wounded

9 Video of old Confederate http://havefunwithhistory.com/movies/conf ederateSoldier.htmlhttp://havefunwithhistory.com/movies/conf ederateSoldier.html

10 War Changed Lives 13 th Amendment Passed (officially gave slaves there freedom: abolished slavery) Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.".

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13 Lincoln Assassinated

14 Where Lincoln Died: Peterson House across the street

15 What Lincoln had on him

16 Video on what was in Lincoln’s pockets http://www.history.com/videos/wh at-was-in-lincolns-pockets#what- was-in-lincolns-pocketshttp://www.history.com/videos/wh at-was-in-lincolns-pockets#what- was-in-lincolns-pockets

17 Interactive on the Assassination http://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/interactives/john-wilkes-booth- timeline-and-maphttp://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/interactives/john-wilkes-booth- timeline-and-map

18 Videos on Booth’s Last Days http://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-booths-last-dayshttp://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-booths-last-days http://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-after-the-assassinationhttp://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-after-the-assassination http://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-the-diary-of-john-wilkes- boothhttp://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-the-diary-of-john-wilkes- booth http://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-behind-the-assassinationhttp://www.history.com/topics/john-wilkes- booth/videos#lincoln-behind-the-assassination


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