this was the bloodiest conflict in US
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welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the American
Civil War
prior to this conflict differing belief
systems and economies caused a rift
between northern and southern states the
North opposed the spread of slavery into
states where it did not already exist
meanwhile the southern economy was
largely based on plantations run by
slave labor so that region fought
anti-slavery Republican presidential
candidate Abraham Lincoln supported
northern ideals also he and his party
were more committed to the Union than to
states rights and considered the idea of
secession as treasonous despite the
dichotomy between north and south
Lincoln won the presidency on November 6
1860 shortly thereafter South Carolina
and six other Deep South states began to
declare their secession from the US to
protect their rights to keep slaves this
group then formed the Confederate States
of America on February 4 1861 on April
12th fighting began when the Union held
Fort Sumter in South Carolina was
attacked by Confederate soldiers the
bloodless siege lasted 34 hours and
ended with Union surrender both sides
pushed for more fighting when President
Lincoln requested volunteer armies from
each state it caused for more slave
states to secede and join the
Confederacy that meant 11 Confederate
states vs. 23 Union States southerners
abandoned their posts in government and
this allowed Republicans to pass bills
that would otherwise have been rejected
one such project was the Revenue Act of
1861 that introduced income tax to the
United States to pay for the war the
next significant clash was Virginia’s
First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861
the North expected an easy win because
they greatly outnumbered the South
however Confederate forces decisively
took the battle with tactical help from
Thomas Stonewall Jackson the Peninsular
campaign and the Second Battle of Bull
Run of 1862 were two more embarrassing
Union defeats the
first major battle in the North came on
September 17th 1862 this also proved to
be the bloodiest battle in the war and
in the history of the United States
Maryland’s Battle of Antietam claims
roughly 23,000 lives and resulted in a
strategic victory for the Union On
January 1st 1863 President Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Proclamation
this document declared freedom for
three-quarters of the country’s 4
million slaves and made ending slavery a
priority of the war a few months later
the Battle of Chancellorsville was
fought in Virginia by Major General
Joseph hookers Army of the Potomac and
general robert e lee’s Confederate Army
of Northern Virginia the Confederates
won but lost Stonewall Jackson to
friendly fire Lee continued his northern
advance until the Battle of Gettysburg
in July 1863 this Union victory resulted
in the largest loss of life of the
entire Civil War on November 19th
President Lincoln paid respect to
soldiers killed at that battle with one
of the greatest speeches in American
history the Gettysburg Address was four
and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth on this continent a new nation
conceived in Liberty and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are created
equal by that time Confederate forces in
the West were practically destroyed
ulysses s grant was instrumental in this
and he helped further devastate the
Confederacy in battles like the Overland
campaign and the siege of Petersburg by
1864 finally on April 9th 1865 General
Lee’s Confederate Army surrendered to
the Union Army under Lieutenant General
Grant after the Battle of Appomattox
Courthouse and ended the war by then
roughly 600,000 soldiers had died and
southern influence in the u.s. had
weakened just five days after Lee’s
surrender President Lincoln was shot by
Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes
Booth
however southern forces continued to
surrender the Reconstruction era
followed the Civil War during this
period a 10
were made to rebuild the country and in
1868 ulysses s grant was elected the
18th President of the United States he
attempted to enfranchise freed slaves
and dealt with Ku Klux Klan violence as
well as the panic of 1873 and ensuing
financial depression the compromise of
1877 was an effort to peacefully keep
the country together while it ended
reconstruction it also ushered in the
Jim Crow era of separate but equal
racial segregation that only concluded
with the civil and Voting Rights Acts of
the 1960s
history
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the American
Civil War
prior to this conflict differing belief
systems and economies caused a rift
between northern and southern states the
North opposed the spread of slavery into
states where it did not already exist
meanwhile the southern economy was
largely based on plantations run by
slave labor so that region fought
anti-slavery Republican presidential
candidate Abraham Lincoln supported
northern ideals also he and his party
were more committed to the Union than to
states rights and considered the idea of
secession as treasonous despite the
dichotomy between north and south
Lincoln won the presidency on November 6
1860 shortly thereafter South Carolina
and six other Deep South states began to
declare their secession from the US to
protect their rights to keep slaves this
group then formed the Confederate States
of America on February 4 1861 on April
12th fighting began when the Union held
Fort Sumter in South Carolina was
attacked by Confederate soldiers the
bloodless siege lasted 34 hours and
ended with Union surrender both sides
pushed for more fighting when President
Lincoln requested volunteer armies from
each state it caused for more slave
states to secede and join the
Confederacy that meant 11 Confederate
states vs. 23 Union States southerners
abandoned their posts in government and
this allowed Republicans to pass bills
that would otherwise have been rejected
one such project was the Revenue Act of
1861 that introduced income tax to the
United States to pay for the war the
next significant clash was Virginia’s
First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861
the North expected an easy win because
they greatly outnumbered the South
however Confederate forces decisively
took the battle with tactical help from
Thomas Stonewall Jackson the Peninsular
campaign and the Second Battle of Bull
Run of 1862 were two more embarrassing
Union defeats the
first major battle in the North came on
September 17th 1862 this also proved to
be the bloodiest battle in the war and
in the history of the United States
Maryland’s Battle of Antietam claims
roughly 23,000 lives and resulted in a
strategic victory for the Union On
January 1st 1863 President Lincoln
issued the Emancipation Proclamation
this document declared freedom for
three-quarters of the country’s 4
million slaves and made ending slavery a
priority of the war a few months later
the Battle of Chancellorsville was
fought in Virginia by Major General
Joseph hookers Army of the Potomac and
general robert e lee’s Confederate Army
of Northern Virginia the Confederates
won but lost Stonewall Jackson to
friendly fire Lee continued his northern
advance until the Battle of Gettysburg
in July 1863 this Union victory resulted
in the largest loss of life of the
entire Civil War on November 19th
President Lincoln paid respect to
soldiers killed at that battle with one
of the greatest speeches in American
history the Gettysburg Address was four
and seven years ago our fathers brought
forth on this continent a new nation
conceived in Liberty and dedicated to
the proposition that all men are created
equal by that time Confederate forces in
the West were practically destroyed
ulysses s grant was instrumental in this
and he helped further devastate the
Confederacy in battles like the Overland
campaign and the siege of Petersburg by
1864 finally on April 9th 1865 General
Lee’s Confederate Army surrendered to
the Union Army under Lieutenant General
Grant after the Battle of Appomattox
Courthouse and ended the war by then
roughly 600,000 soldiers had died and
southern influence in the u.s. had
weakened just five days after Lee’s
surrender President Lincoln was shot by
Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes
Booth
however southern forces continued to
surrender the Reconstruction era
followed the Civil War during this
period a 10
were made to rebuild the country and in
1868 ulysses s grant was elected the
18th President of the United States he
attempted to enfranchise freed slaves
and dealt with Ku Klux Klan violence as
well as the panic of 1873 and ensuing
financial depression the compromise of
1877 was an effort to peacefully keep
the country together while it ended
reconstruction it also ushered in the
Jim Crow era of separate but equal
racial segregation that only concluded
with the civil and Voting Rights Acts of
the 1960s
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