Civil War History For Childs | Learn some facats about the Civil War

What do you know about the American Civil War? In Civil War History, you will learn why the states in the North and South fought each other so fiercely. You will discover some interesting facts, and some very sad facts, about the war and its participants. The entire conflict revolved around the concept of slavery and whether or not the country should be able to practice it.

There were 11 states in the southern region of the country that wanted to continue enslaving Africans to work their tobacco and cotton fields. The states wanted to secede from the union and govern themselves in order to continue practicing slavery. When the government refused, the South attacked the North in the Battle of Fort Sumter and began the war.

You will learn who some of the leaders involved in the conflict were, including Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. President Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation some time before the end of the war, but it was not immediately followed by the South. Near the end of the same year, President Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address in November of 1863, and it is considered one of the most powerful oratories given by any U.S. president. On April 9, 1865, Grant defeated Lee and finally ended the war. Only six days later, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

American Civil War
North vs. South
Slavery
Secession
Fort Sumter
Confederacy
Union
Tobacco and cotton fields
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
1863
April 9, 1865
John Wilkes Booth
Lincoln assassination
Battle of Fort Sumter
Civil rights
Abolition of slavery