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Lincoln and his cause as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation issued in final form earlier that month in January 1863. The slave in the pictured as taking the Proclamation and showing eagerness to fight his former master. 180,000 men strong the freed blacks were a critical element on the Union victory after active recruitment beginning after the Proclamation was issued.

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What led to the civil war, how and when things happened. The reconstruction on democracy, also political issues.

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1. Free Soil Party- A political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery
2. Antebellum South- rural south before the civil war; cotton production and slavery was at its peak, few large towns, educated children in private schools
3. Election of Abraham Lincoln- main event that convinced Southern states they must secede - begins the Civil War
4. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850- Gave federal government authority in cases involving runaway slaves; caused considerable opposition in the North.
5. Abolitionist Movement- An international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world, the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States.