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Thesis
Dispite to some beliefes of the civil war being the start of reconstruction, the finical burden put on this counrty as well as the tensions between the blacks and whites created a bad atmosphere for reconstruction. Therefore the civil war was nowhere close to the start of reconstruction. -
The begning of the civil war.
The physical beginning of this war was the attack by the confederates on the union held and porrly suplied fort sumter. This was the begning of the blodiest four years in American history. Two days later, President Abraham Linlcon call for 75,000 voulenters to quell the sothern insurtion. -
First Battle of Bull Run
The first major land battle of the war, ad appear to me to have no victor although it seemed the south did well, and really shows just how bloddy and hardfaught this war would turn out to be. -
Technological Advances
There were many great technological change. Inventors and military men made new types of weapons, such as the repeating rifle and the submarine, that changed the way that wars were fought. Along with these there were also technologies that did not specifically have to do with the war, like the railroad and the telegraph. Innovations like these did not just change the way people fought wars, they also changed the way people lived. -
Southern Polotics
The south consisted of 11 states that succeded form the union in an atempt to preserve their right to slaves. They felt these rights were threatened by the new president Abraham Linclon. The south at this time was considered conservitive and tried for a peacefull sucsesion. -
Northern Poltics
The north primarly relied on their industry for their might. They also had the great asstince of Abraham Linclon and his political ideals of abloshing slavery. The north consisted of 22 free states that provieded troops to the union army. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A document during the civil war that set free any slaves in the confederate states of america assuming the north would win the war. This document was a footstep to the constitutional amendment that officially put slavery out of the country. -
Battle of gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought from July 1st to July 3rd of 1863 is considered the most important engagfment of the Civil War. After a great victory over the union forces at Chanslolville, General Lee moved his forces north. this battle was significant because the north was able to stop the confederate advances. The union won. -
Gettysburg Address
The famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln to memorialize The Battle of Gettysburg and the many losses within. The speech has ofen been thought of as a more historical event than the actual battle. -
Caualties
The Civil War was by far the bloodiest in American history with a total of 1,100,000 casualties and a total of about 620,000 deaths. This was mainly due to poor tactics infused with new advanced weaponry as well as the epidemic of disease. -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilks Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the head while he and his wife were attending a play. He was latter caught hiding in a barn in Virginia. -
End of the Civil War
With the surrender of the Northern Virginian Army led by General Lee a month earlier, President Andrew Johnson announced to the country that the war was virtually over, with the exception of a few small insurrections still present. -
Conclusion (its a stretch)
Therefore, the Civil War did not start reconstruction but rather stalled it. This can be similar to the treaty of versailles, It is thought of as the document that ended wwi while, now wae can look back ansd see it just stalled the fighting for twelve years before it picked up again. The civil war did essentially the same thing. Reconstruction after the war failled, making ther civil rights movment the reconstruction which shows ther civil war was just the start of a break.
