Causes
Who wrote uncle toms cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
People that didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
Abolitionist
Who was the union president and who was the confederate president?
Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
What was the battle that started the Civil war?
Fort Sumter
In what part of the U.S where most battles fought,The North or The South?
The South
Who raided Harpers ferry?
John Brown
What invention speed up cotton production and increased slave demand?
The cotton gin
Who was the major union general?
Ulysses S.Grant
What battle was the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
The union represented the____ part of the U.S and the Confederacy represented the____ part of the U.S
North,South
Why did Uncle toms cabin anger northern abolitionist?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
More industrial and less plantation
Who were two major confederate generals?
Robert E.Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
What was the Atlanta campaign?
A union tactic where Atlanta was completely burned and destroyed
Who won the civil war?
The North
Why did John brown raid Harpers ferry?
To provide weapons to slaves to start a rebellion
What about the southern economy made slavery necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed more labor
What was the speech Lincoln gave about slavery
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was Sherman and what was the march to the sea?
A union general who traveled from Atlanta to Savanna and destroyed everything on the way
What were the effects of the war on the South?
Cities,Building,and Plantations were burned to the ground
What other issues started the civil war?
The issue of state rights
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the civil war?
She escaped slavery and created the Underground Railroad
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated at Fords Theater
What was one of the last battles of the civil war where the confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox courthouse
What were the effects of the war in the North?
The North did not suffer nearly as much