Civil War

It highlighted the moral issues of slavery.

It caused many African Americans to join the military.

free states and territories

slave states

voters allowed to decide whether to permit slavery

Alabama and Texas became free states

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address

The Confederacy won the American Civil War

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Abraham Lincoln became the U.S. President

increased military personnel and drafted former slaves

profits from "King Cotton"

defensive battles on familiar ground

great military leaders

extensive railroad system

resources of coal and iron

manufactured war goods

Large population

General Robert E. Lee was a skilled leader