Key Words

WHAT WERE THE MAIN CAUSES AND

CONSEQUENCES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR?

Objectives:

1) Explain the causes of the American Civil War

2) Analyse the impact of the Civil War on Black Americans and the lasting consequences of the war

In 1861 America divided NORTH and SOUTH.

The Northern States wanted the abolition of slavery and were accepting runaway slaves from the South and making them free.

The North was richer than the South, they depended upon the plantations and in turn slaves to run them.

In 1860 Lincoln was elected President of America, he wanted to end slavery in the country. The South did not want to be told what they could and could

not do. They felt that their slaves were in some cases treated better than the workers in northern factories.

South Carolina decided to break away from the United States of America and form their own union run separately from the north, this was called the

CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

The North and the President could not allow this split dividing the country and so civil war broke out.

WHY DID AMERICA FIGHT?

WHY DID AMERICA FIGHT?

Union Soldier (NORTH)

Confederate Soldier (SOUTH)

Using the information you have

just read create a flow chart showing

the events that led to the American Civil

War. Try to come up with between 4 – 6 points for your flow

chart.

HOW WAS THE USA DIVIDED?Colour your map

PYRAMID OF IMPORTANCESometimes as historians we are

presented with many CAUSES of an event, we then have to work out which we think was the most important cause and why. Using the ideas below can you put the causes of the American Civil War

from most to least important. REMEMBER there is no right or wrong answer as long as you can explain your

opinion.Slavery

Lincoln as President

The South starting the Confederate

States of America

The North being richer

than the South

WHAT DID THE CIVIL WAR MEAN FOR BLACK AMERICANS?

Many Black Americans were pleased the Civil War had broke out, they felt the issue of slavery was once and for all being

dealt with.

BUT

It was not that simple, even though the North did not agree with Slavery many of them did not trust the Black Americans

to fight safely alongside them.

This meant that Black Americans were NOT recruited into the army until 1863. Even then they were forced to serve in separate units and sometimes not allowed to see combat at

all but forced to serve as cooks and medical help.

It was not until 1948 that Black Americans were fully integrated into the US army.

WHAT DID THE CIVIL WAR MEAN FOR BLACK AMERICANS?

1. Paid 6 Dollars less than white soldiers

2. Not respected

3. Not trusted with weapons

4. Blamed by some for the conflict

5. Any Black Americans captured by the south were immediately sold into slavery rather than kept as

prisoners of war

6. Any Black Officer captured by the South was immediately executed

7. 37,300 Black Americans lost their lives in the civil war

8. 17 were awarded the Medal of Honour, the highest US Military award.

Carefully take a look at those 8 points, what did the American Civil War

mean for Black Americans at this time???

That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure

of devotion –

that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that

this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom –

and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not

perish from the earth.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

What do you think Abraham Lincoln is saying

here?

1. Creation of a single unified country

2. Abolition of slavery

3. U.S. now an industrial nation

4. A stronger sense of nationalism

5. South was economically devastated, the plantation system GONE

6. A deep hatred of the North remained

EFFECTS OF CIVIL WAR

What do you think is the most important short and

long term effect of the Civil War and why?

1. Why did the American Civil War bring the issue of slavery to an end?

2. If the Southern Confederate had won the Civil War would the situation have been different? And how?

3. How do you think that the South will now recover and carry on?a. Remember they are disgraced

b. Will some of the generals need to be put on trial for crimes?c. Slavery is abolished how will slaves and the economy cope with this?

OR

Write a newspaper report on the American Civil War

YOUR TASK!