AmericanCivilWar美国南北战争PrewarWestwardMovementandterritorialexpansionFromSpainIndependence,1783FromMexico,1845-1848FromFrance,1803FromBritainAmericaterritorialexpansionPrewarPrewarPoliticalsituationbeforetheCivilWarPrewarTheabolitionofslaveryCause1:ThecontradictionbetweenthenorthandsouthoftwoeconomicsystemsNorth——capitalistindustrialeconomyPrewarSouth——plantationeconomyCause2:Prewarblastingfuse:theelectionofabrahamlincolnThelossofpoliticaldiscoursetothesouthAsplitofthehouseisuntenable.Ibelievethisgovernmentcannotforevermaintainthehalf-slaveandhalffreestatus.PrewarNumberofstates2311Population22,000,0009,000,000EconomyadvancedbackwardPropertyjustunjustPreperationinadequatewell-preparedInthewarIntheearlydaysofthewar,theSouth(Confederacy)enjoyedafavorablesituationbecauseItswellpreperationandbettermilitaryquality1861-1865Inthewar《宅地法》HomesteadActLincolntookthemeasurestoReversethesituationofwar《解放黑人奴隶宣言》EmancipationProclamationTheGettysburgAddress87年前,我们的先辈在这个大陆上创建了一个新国家。她孕育于自由之中,奉行一切人生而平等的原则。……从这些光荣的死者身上我们汲取更多的献身精神来完成他们精诚所至的事业。我们在这里下定决心不让死者白白牺牲;我们要使国家在上帝的福佑下得到自由的新生,要使这个民有、民治、民享的政府永世长存。Fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthonthiscontinentanewnation,conceivedinliberty,anddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.……thatfromthesehonoreddeadwetakeincreaseddevotiontothatcauseforwhichtheygavethelastfullmeasureofdevotion;thatweherehighlyrevolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain;thatthisnation,underGod,shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom;andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,andforthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.ByAbrahamLincolnTheSouthsurrenderedin1865InthewarPostwarDateApril12,1861–April9,1865(lastshotendedJune,1865)BelligerentsUnitedStatesofAmerica(North)VSConfederateStatesofAmerica(South)CommandersAbrahamLincolnVSJeffersonDavisLocationUnitedStates,AtlanticOcean,PacificOceanLossesForNorth,110000killedintheaction,360000totaldead,275200woundedForSouth,93000killedintheaction,260000totaldead,137000woundedResultsUnionVictoryTerritorialintegrityPreservedSlaveryabolishedPostwarLincolnwasassassinatedinApril14,1865Butitdidn’tchangethedefeatofSouthInUSCivilWarperiod,presidentLincolninordertomaintenancecountryunificationmakesbigcontributionandsacrifice.HeisoneofthemostbelovedAmericanpresident.LincolnMemorialMountRushmore