The American Civil War Lesson

The Civil War

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Match Major Causes of The Civil War

• Northern states had factories and Southern States were mostly agricultural

• Southern states believed it was their constitutional right to have slavery.

• Southerners supported enslavement and Northerns had more abolitionist.

• Southern States seceded after Abraham Lincoln takes office

Economy

State Rights vs Federal Rights

Slavery

The Election of 1860

• Economy

• State Rights vs Federal Rights

• Slavery

• The Election of 1860

It maintained a delicate balance between free and slave states. On the single most divisive issue of the day, the U.S. Senate was equally divided. If the slavery question could be settled politically, any such settlement would have to happen in the Senate.

​The Missouri Compromise

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The Missouri Compromise was a temporary solution in order to...​ ​

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Was an enslaved African American man who unsuccessfully sued for freedom. U.S. Supreme Court denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.

Dred Scott Decision

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Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case determined that

• Missouri must become a free state

• Dred Scott will be a free man only when in free states

• African Americans are not considered citizens

• All of the above

​Anaconda Plan, May 3, 1861

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​Emancipation Proclamation

January 1, 1863

​Battle of Vicksburg

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Siege of Vicksburg eventually gave control of the Mississippi River—a critical supply line—to the Union, and was part of the Union’s successful Anaconda Plan to cut off all trade to the Confederacy.

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A blockade to suffocate the Confederacy by limiting food supplies, taking control of the Mississipi River. ​

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Anaconda Plan

Battle of Vicksburg

Battle of Gettysburg

Emancipation Plan

Python Plan

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The major consequence from the Battle of Vicksburg ​

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Multiple Choice

Emancipation Proclamation made all slaves free

• True

• False