Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Civil War
- North
- Union
- Fought to abolish slavery and unite the Union
- Led by Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president and a Republican leader.
- Abraham Lincoln issued the "Emanciaption Procalamation", this freed the slaves in the rebel states, and encouraged them to fight for the end of slavery.
- South
- Confederacy
- Fought to continue slavery
- Grey uniforms
- The South seceded because they felt like their slave-holding interests were threatened by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican party.
- Sectionalsim/sectional tensions
- Re-birth of Nation