AmericanCivilWar

(1861-1865)

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ThereasonsofthewarTheadvantagesofNorthandSouthTheCivilWarTheresultofthewarThesignificancesofthewarAfterwarThefirstpart

TurningpointThereasonsofthewarEssentialreason:Thefriction(矛盾)ofthenorthandthesouth.Theeconomicsystemofthenorthwascapitalisteconomicsystem(資本主義經濟制度),while,thesouthwasplantationeconomysystem(種植園經濟體制),whichmeantanunavoidablewar.ThereasonsofthewarThedirectcauseofwar:1860,LincolnwaselectedasAmericanpresident,Lincolnrepresentedinterestofthenortherncapitalists,sothiselectionannoyedthesouth.NorthFederalSouthConfederateVS亞伯拉罕林肯杰弗遜戴維斯NorthFederalSouthConfederate尤利西斯格蘭特羅伯特愛德華李VSTheadvantagesofNorthInmaterialresources.MaterialresourcesNorthSouthState2311Population22million9millionTheindustrialsuperiority(優勢)oftheNorthevenexceededitsadvantageinmanpower.(Facilitiesformanufactureofarmsandammunition)ThewealthoftheNorthwasmanytimesasgreatasthatoftheSouth.TheadvantagesofSouthThereareinpossessionofmanyfederalfortsandarsenals(軍火庫)。Aboutathirdoftheregulararmy’sofficeswerefromtheSouth.TheSouthalsohadtheadvantageoffightingonitsownsoil.Thefirstpartofthewar

Duringthefirstpartofthewar,theSouthwonsomeimpressivevictoriesonbattlefields.Turningpointofthewar

BattleofGettysburg,theConfederatearmyunderthegeneralRobertE.LeewasdefeatedbytheFederalarmy.GettysburgAddress

---byLincoln“anewbirthoffreedom…thatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.”Theresultofthewar

InApril1865,thewarendedwiththesurrenderoftheConfederatecommander,RobertE.Lee.TheCivilWarlastedfullyfouryears.

Over600,000peopledied,and400,000werewounded.Thesignificancesofthewar

TheCivilWarsweptawaythelastobstacle(阻礙),tothedevelopmentofUScapitalism(資本主義).In1865,theThirteenthAmendmenttotheUSConstitutionwasadopted,whichfreedallslavesthroughouttheUnitedStates.Afterwar

Lincolnwaskilledbyahalf-crazedactor.Repu