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“we shouldn’t forget the sacrifices and we should build a new country, new future”
it was one of the greatest speeches that became more famous than the battle itself
he defined democracy: he wanted America to become a democratic country
democracy = a government ruled by the people and for the people!
IMPORTANT FIGURES OF THE CIVIL WAR
the North: William Tecumseh Sherman
the South: general Robert E. Lee
RESULTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE CIVIL WAR
the civil war broke out because of the slavery, which is partly true
but slavery and black issues weren’t the main cause of the civil war
true reasons: both economic and political differences
the winner: the North thanks to Abraham Lincoln
freed slaves ran away to the North and the population of the North increased
the southern States will never be able to revolt against the capital Washington
the USA became one union but the states would remain separated
president Lincoln was murdered and comes another President: Andrew Johnson (17th President)
many people died in the civil war on both sides (more dead people than in the WWII especially civilians)
the members of a same family fought with each other because some were for the slavery and some against
the economy in the South completely destroyed
the USA is one nation
slavery was abolished (1865) and black people became free
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Harriet Tubman
a black woman who succeeded in running away from slavery with one child
she was very young when she was caught for a slavery job
during the civil war, she worked as a nurse, a cook, and a laundress
she was illiterate but a great organiser (she crossed the line of the States where the slavery was illegal)
she returned to take her child and she organised the escape of hundred people from slavery
she was considered to have been a brave personality who dared to challenge the slave system
she wrote memories and lived to her nineties