Title: The American Civil War · Career Training USA · InterExchange
Headings: The American Civil War
The American Civil War
Brief History
Key Battles
Important People and Terms
Facts
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Content: Abolitionism: The movement to end slavery. - Emancipation Proclamation: This was a declaration made by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863 that declared the freedom of slaves. Slavery was made illegal everywhere in the U.S. by the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. - Gettysburg Address: A famous speech delivered by President Lincoln during the Civil War, and one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history. It was given during the cemetery dedication in Gettysburg, the site of a famous battle fought four months earlier. Its purpose was to encourage Americans to stand by the Union and democracy during this hard time and make way for "a new birth of freedom" and make it known that "all men are created equ