Unit 14 Freedom fighter Warming up and listening Abraham Lincoln shot in Theatre in Washington, D.C died on April 15th from the woundLincoln's Gettysburg Address, given on November 19th, 1863, is one of the best-known speeches born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12th, 1809The son of a frontiersman Childhood and adulthood were in poverty Fight for the freedom of black people in the Civil War IntroductionAmerican Civil War, a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865.The American Civil War is sometimes called the War for Southern Independence. It began on April 12, 1861 and lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last Confederate army surrendered. The war took more than 600,000 lives and brought freedom to 4 million black slaves.The American Civil War Causes of the Civil WarThe chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery. Southern states depended on slavery to support their economy. Although slavery was illegal in the Northern states, only a small proportion of Northerners actively opposed it. The main debate between the North and the South on the eve of the war was whether slavery should be permitted in the Western territories. Martin Luther Martin Luther KingKing Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) King’s ——————birthplace son of a _________ in the churchminister On the great ________march make a _______speech KING’S _______ HOMELAST Born in 1929Born in 1929Graduated in 1955Graduated in 1955Worked in a churchWorked in a churchOrganised his first action in 1955Organised his first action in 1955Formed an organisation for black leaders to Formed an organisation for black leaders to work...
