The War Of Secession

War of secession Subdivision 1. General information 2. The Background 3. The occasion (s) 4. Abraham Lincoln 5. The war 6. The South since the war 1. General information - 1861 to 1865 - the rivals: northern industrial nations southern agricultural nations of America - a different elaboration 2. The Background - the different elaboration: northern America: - there was the economic- industrial focal point - an abundant food production - they had the most traffic connections - numerous growing cities - slavery was unlawful - a population of 22. 000. 000 (most were free citizens) southern America: - a missing employer class - missing movable capital - they wanted to enlarge their property - wanted the preservation of slavery and the imperious position of the whites - wanted to preserve the economic basis - about 9 million inhabitants (more than 30% were not free slaves) 3. The occasion - the economic- political contrast conflict of slavery - the election of Abraham Lincoln for President of the United States, he was the reason in the conflict of the slavery- question announcement of resignation of 11 southern nations (this is called secession) they based the Confederated States of the United States of America, a completely independent government, and elected Jefferson Davis as their President 4. Abraham Lincoln - was born in 1809, 12. February in Hodgenville/ Kentucky - son of a Kentucky frontiersman - mother died when he was ten - lived in a second- class family - married Mary Todd four sons - he made a lot of jobs - in his early political career he already worked against the slavery - 1858: he wanted a seat in the senate, worked as a Republican against the Democrat Stephen A. Douglas lost the election - 1860: he wanted to become President, won the election - largest problem was the secession of the southern States - was the commander in Chief of the Union s troops - was a diplomatic politician - 1864: wanted to take the prohibition of slavery into the construction - 1864: won the re- election wanted reconstruction and peace - but his enemy John Wilkes Booth shoot him in Ford s Theatre in Washington D. C. in 1865, 14. April, because of the limited right to vote for black people - he died the following day - now a days he is the simple for unity, democracy and for liberation of the slaves 5. The war - two important people for the civil war: 1. General Robert E. Lee (leader of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia; before Lincoln offered him the command of the Union Army but he couldn t accept) 2. General Ulyssees S. Grant (determined and skilful leader of the Union Army) - the Union sent 1556678 soldiers into the war; the Confederates 1082119 soldiers - February, 9. in 1861: the confederated states of the USA are formed with J. Davis as their president - Lincoln would have let the Southerners keep their slaves if they had rejoined the Union, but it was too late - they (the Southerners) astonished the world ...