Battles
What was the battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
President of the Union
Main reason states split apart
Slavery
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
North, South
People who didn't agree or believe in slavery
Abolitionists
Where was the "turning point" battle?
Gettysburg, PA
Major Union General
Ulysses S. Grant
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The state's rights
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
How many slaves were there?
Approximately 4 million
What was the most violent and bloody battle?
Antietam
Name the 2 major Confederate Generals
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Who raided Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
What were effects on the South during the war?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
What was the invention that sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
What was the strategy called when the Union surrounded the South and "strangled" them?
The Andaconda Plan
What was the speech called that Abraham Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Why did John Brown raid the ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
What river caused the South to be split in 2?
The Mississippi River
What was the biggest slavery uprising?
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Where did the Confederates surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse
Jefferson Davis
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
It depicted the evils of slavery
Were more battles fought in the North or South?
Soth
Who was Harriet Tubman? What did she do?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad