Causes
His election was a direct lead up to the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Main general of the confederate army
Robert E. Lee
After this Lincoln gave his famous address
Gettysburg
What political party was Lincoln a part of
Republican
How many states were in the confederacy
11
the threat to this practice of forced labor
Slavery
The president of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The place where the first shots of the civil war were fired
Fort Sumpter
Capital of the confederacy
Richmond Virginia
Name of the union strategy to win the civil war
Anaconda plan
When a state leaves the union it is called
Secession
Vice president to Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
A series of battles and used "scorched earth" as a strategy for the fist time in the war
Sherman's March to the Sea
Total deaths
620,000
How could you have avoided the draft
pay $300 or own 20 slaves
This was a type of import tax that benefited the industrial north than the agricultural south
tariffs
He assassinated Lincoln
John Wilks Booth
The battle where afterwards Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
How much did the war cost (in todays $)
300 billion
Where were slaves freed by the emancipation proclamation
only rebelling states
This act allowed two states to decide by a vote if they wanted to be slave or free states
Kansas Nebraska Act
A violent abolitionist who tried to lead a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
The first battle fought that concluded in a surprise confederate victory
1st Battle at Bull Run/Manassas
Deadliest one day battle of the war
Antietam
The river that split the confederate states in half
Mississippi