1. Ellen Phillips

2. Thesis I plan to discuss the main points and causes of the American Civil War.

3. Causes Abraham Lincoln was elected as President This upset the southern states because Lincoln was against slavery in new states His election caused 7 southern states to succeed from the union before he even came into office

4. Hostilities Begin April 12, 1861 Confederate troops attacked a military base in Fort Sumter in South Carolina Lincoln called for a volunteer army to assemble Union got control over the boarder states and tried issuing a blockade

5. Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln in an attempt to weaken the south It freed all slaves in the southern states that succeeded Many of the freed slaves joined the union forces After the war ended Lincoln declared all slaves to be free

6. Main People Robert E. Lee (south) William Sherman (north) Ulysses S Grant (north) Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis (south) George Meade (north)

7. Main Battles Fort Sumter Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Vicksburg

8. Surrender General Grant pushed Lee’s forces into Virginia Lee’s forces were unable to reach the safety of the Carolinas They were tired, and sick and the Union forces kept coming at them Finally on Saturday, April 8, Lee's army surrendered at Appomattox Station Lee tried the next morning to break through the ring of union soldiers but was unsuccessful

9. Outcome Union victory States who succeeded rejoined the union Slaves became free Hostilities remained Civil War resulted in 620,000 soldier deaths Federal government was strengthened

10. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbZ_erLamHg&fe ature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbZ_erLamHg&fe ature=related

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