The American Civil War

dates

1861 - 1865

two sides

• the union (the north)

  • reunification

  • ending slavery

  • freedom

• the confederates (the south)

  • breaking away from states

  • state sovereignity

  • pro-slavery

1858

more states than not had abolished slavery

slavery

• limited to persons of african descent

• north relied on hired factory workers, south relied on enslaved people

• clash of ideals

• enslaved people became free upon entering free states

state vs. federal rights

• divide in government

• nullification - idea that staes had the right to rule federal acts as unconstitutional

advantages

• north had more men and more industrial output

• however, south only had to defend

  • desertion became an issue for the south

reconstruction amendments

13th, 14th, 15th

thirteenth amendment

abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except for those duly convicted of a crime 1865

fourteenth amendment

addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of laws for all persons

Prevents discrimination

1868

fifteenth amendment

Gave all men the right to vote regardless of race 1870