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Pag.2 Intro
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as
simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names like Great
Rebellion, War between the states or etc , was a conflict fought
from 1861 to 1865, between The North, often called The Union
and the confederates states of America, The South. Sometimes
people call the Union the blue and the confederates the grey
for the color of their uniforms, but in fact, the uniforms werent
very uniform and there were all different kinds of colors and also
with all the blood and the dirt, they all were just brown. This war
was the conflict with more deaths in the history of the USA,
exceeding the 700.000, thats more than the Great War, the
Second World War and Vietnam together.
Pag.3 Two nations in one
In the second part of the nineteen century, United States was
economic and socially divided in two.
On one side we have the north states that were experiencing an
important industrial evolution; they were supporters of the
protectionism, what is this? Prefer the manufactured objects from
my own country than the objects made in other countries. Slavery
didnt have sense in that part of the country and it was seen with
mistrust by most of the people, there was a lot of associations that
fought for the abolition of the slavery.
On the other side, we have the south states, which had an
agricultural economy. Their most important activity was the cotton
cultivation in large estates controlled by some influential families;
these large estates were exploited by slaves to after export the
cotton to British textile industries. The South fought against the
of Virginia; Lee was advancing to the North with the plan to reach
the city of Washington, headquarters of the Union. When Lincoln
knew this he requested the service of the General George G.
Meade, Who immediately sent troops to Gettysburg. The Union
Army was way superior this time, and after 3 days of bloodshed,
Lee, in a crazy move sent all his remaining troops against the
Union cannons, The Union soldiers were surprised by the courage
of their opponents, but they didnt miss the chance. 14.000
Confederate soldiers were killed in a couple seconds. This battle
not only decreased the Confederate militaries, also their mental
state was worst than ever. Also its important to say that the first 2
days of battle were dominated by the confederates, but just a bad
move by General Lee changed everything.
States came to an end. Lee and his troops were obligated to just
raise the white flag and sign the surrender of the Confederates.
Pag.18 Shaking Hands
Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee shaking hands after the
Confederates surrender.
Pag.19 Lincoln Dies
President Lincoln and Ulysses Grant were good friends; after the
war ended they usually attended to different operas, concerts or
other shows. On 14th of April, 5 days after the end of the war,
Lincoln invited Grant to the Ford Theatre, to see a play, but Grant
decided to travel to Philadelphia, so the president went with his
wife, Mary Todd. When Lincoln sat in the box, John Wilkes Booth,
an actor that was a supporter of the South during the war,
appeared from behind and shot against the president, impacting
him in the head. 10 hours after Abraham Lincoln died in a house
that was across the street of the Ford Theatre.
Pag.22 Conclusion
To finish my presentation I want to say that without the American
civil war, perhaps, we could still live in a society with slavery and
inequality for Afro Americans. Also this conflict was important to
start making changes, Im pretty sure that Lincoln and Grant never
imagined that someday a dark skinned person would be the
president of the United States, and that is the fact why I put a
picture of Barack Obama right there with his iconic quote Yes, we
can. Of course we can but is a slow process; the racism is still
here but is duty of us and the next generations to stop this
injustice. Thanks you very much.