American History2(美国历史).pptVIP

The first president of US George Washington Founding Fathers of America Alexander Hamilton?was the first?United States Secretary of the Treasury. the establishment of a national bank. Alexander Hamilton John Adams Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence 1803,Louisiana Purchase. Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson?became the first man born into poor family to be elected president. He is typically considered the first President of Democratic Party American Civil War (1861--1865) The Cause of War the North: industrial society capitalist economy The need for workers—free men Vs. The South: large plantations The need for cheap labors– slaves to grow cotton, rice, sugar and tobacco. In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published a novel entitled Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which described the cruel things that might happen to a slave under a cruel master. Plantation owners insisted that the slavery system should be kept because they considered slaves to constitute cheap labor, while the industrial capitalists of the North free labor was more economical and therefore more profitable for their industry. This was the main cause of the conflict and also the main Cause of Civil War between the North and the South. The Issue of slavery became, in American politics, economics and cultural life, the central point of contention. The Beginning of the Civil War In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected president—an anti-slavery Republican In response, 11 southern?slave states?: the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) the other 25 states supported the federal government (the?Union). Emancipation Proclamation In 1863 , Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which granted freedom to all slaves in areas controlled by the confederacy. 1865, Robert Lee surrendered to Ulysses S.?Grant, and all other Confederate forces soon surrendered. The Surrender of Confederacy The End of the Civil War The?Thirteenth Amendment?to