EDEL 3374 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Robert E. Lee

• School: Texas A&M International University
• Department: Elementary Education
• Course: EDEL 3374
• Professor: Blanca Ibarra

Document Summary

*fought from 1861-1865 between the northern (union) and southern (confederacy) Union president (abraham lincoln), union general (ulysses s. grant) Vicksburg (split confederacy in half, union victory) Surrender at appomattox courthouse (general lee surrenders to general grant) Why they were fighting : slavery, states rights (cancel a law if they don"t agree with it) , & sectionalism (north was industrialized, south was plantations. Since they were economically different that created war. ) If there was no economic difference why did they need slaves and.