The Civil War 6.2

Learn about the Civil War: Lincoln's election, states' rights, and key events!

A Nation Divided Page 204 - 205In November 1860, _ was elected President. George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln Page 205 states' rights each state makes its own decisions seceded left from Confederacy states that left the United States Union states that stayed in the US Missouri's Decision Page 205 True Missouri was a slave state Missouri bordered the Northern free states. The Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history. False Missouri joined the Confederacy. The Civil War broke out between the US and Japan. The Civil War ended in 1900. Missourians and the War page 206-207 Many Missourians joined the Union army.Other Missourians were angry that Missouri stayed in the Union, so they helped the Confederacy.Cause: Missourians supported different sides. Effect: life in Missouri was very tense.Most of the major battles of the Civil War were fought east of Missouri.The largest battle in Missouri was the Battle of Wilson's Creek.In 1862 Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.On January 11, 1865, all enslaved people in Missouri were freed. Civil War Video