Civil War Part 3 Flashcards
explain Cotton Diplomacy
The confederacy hoped that the European countries like Great Britain would come to their aid. instead the countries found new and cheaper sources of cotton stayed out of the war
Emancipation Proclamation
it was written after the battle of anietam, lincoln executive order went in to effect on January 1, 1863, if freed the slaves in the rebelling state but not the slaves in border state
Who/when/ where did they surrender
Robert E Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court house on April 9, 1865
when and who assassinated Lincoln
april 14, 1865/ john wines booth
Who stepped in when Lincoln was assassinated
Andrew Jackson
what were some of the results of the Civil War
$15 billion in war costs, inflation, end of slavery, destroyed southern economically,
