The american civil war

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Abe Lincoln

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Technology made Civil War . . .

The Monitor

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More efficient and deadly

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Vicksburg

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Confederate Dead

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Over 618,000 military deaths during Civil War.

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The 54th Regiment attack on Fort Wagner, SC- July 18, 1863

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Blacks in the Military

After the Emancipation Proclamation blacks began to join the Union Army

Initially they were only used for manual labor

Eventually, Blacks saw live combat

54th regiment out of Massachusetts

William Carney

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After four bloody years of civil war,

the South was defeated.

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Civil War ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE

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Results of the Civil War?

Reconstruction – time of rebuilding the country after the Civil War

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Reconstruction Amendments

13th Amendment – freed slaves

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Reconstruction Amendments

14th Amendment – Everyone born in the US is a citizen, due process of law for all citizens.

15th – Black male suffrage

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Remember the Reconstruction Amendments this way:

Free Citizens Vote!

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