Causes
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
Name one strategy of South.
Stand and defend
Attrition
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
Where was the Confederate capital?
Richmond
Double Jeopardy question...What were 3 causes of the Civil War?
1) Lincoln Election
2) Slavery
3) States Rights
4) Slavery moving westward
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
What was the place where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi