The American

CIVIL WAR
 Contents

1 The Background

2 Timeline of the Civil War

3 Consequences & Damages

4 Quizzes
1. The Background

ECONOMY THE NORTH THE SOUTH

The Path Of Capitalist economy Plantation economy
Development based on labor
abuse
The Economic *Industry: textile, Agriculture: cotton,
Development mining, metallurgy, sugarcane, tobacco
etc. etc. for export
* Agriculture:
breeding and wheat
production for
industry

Major Labor Capitalists, farm Farm owners fully-

Force owners, the self- exploiting slaves
employed, etc.
1. The Background

Northern
Northern Southern
Southern Slave-
Capitalists
Capitalists and Slave-Owners
and Farm Owners Owners
Farm Owners

Struggle for Slavery

Abolition
1. The Background

v1860, Lincoln was elected as

president and determined to
abolish the slavery.


 11 southern states seceded
from the Union and formed the
Confederacy
1. The Background

vAbraham Lincoln
§ 1809-1865
§ 16th president of the 
United States
§ “Gettysburg
Address” (Nov 
19th , 1863)
§ “Second Inaugural
Address”  
(Mar 4th , 1865)

2. Timeline of the Civil War
(1861-1865)

Apr 12 th , Jan 1st , Jul 1 st , Apr 9 th ,

1861 1863 1863 1865

Fort Lincoln’s Gettysburg The

summer emancipation Appomattox
proclamation Court House
3. Consequences & Damages

vConsequences:
§ Union restored
§ Slavery officially abolished
vDamages:
§ Over 1 million casualties
• 620,000 soldiers died
• 2/3 killed by disease
• 50,000 survivors but amputees
3. Consequences & Damage

vMary Boykin Chestnut
§ 1823-1886
vWalt Whitman § From  Southern  slave-
§1819-1892 owning  and  cotton-
§A poet, essayist,  farming  family,  wife  of  a 
journalist high  ranking  Southern 
army officer.
§Come up from the
Fields Father § A Diary from Dixie 
(1904,  1949):  valuable, 
detailed,  personal, 
passionate
QUIZ
Up to date, how many wars
were there in the USA?

a.1
b.2
c.3
d.4
 At first, for what did the
Civil break out?
a.To abolish the slavery
b.To reinforce the presidential status of 
Lincoln
c.To save the Union
d.To “re-create” the US
Why can the War be
considered one of the most
violent wars up to that
date?
vIt was one of the first modern war to use 
modern weapons that could kill so many 
people at once. 
In “Come up from the Field Father”
what did the author describe?

v
a.The father with personal grief and tragedy
b.Disturbing view of the war
c.A part of nature in combination 
d.The traumatic view of a mother whose son 
was killed in the war 
e.
What is “A Diary from
Dixie” remarkable for?
a.Economy domination
b.Political oppression
c.The slave system
d.Honesty and thoughtfulness
Thanks for
your