People
This person was the President of The Union
Abraham Lincoln
The Northern States fighting to keep the country together
The Union
What did the North want?
To get rid of slavery
What year was Abraham Lincoln elected the 16th President of The United States?
1860
This person was the President of The Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The Southern states fighting to keep slavery
The Confederacy
What did The South want?
To keep slavery
What was the biggest cash crop (white puffy plant used to make clothes)
Cotton
This person was a leading general for The Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Plantations
The Northern economy was built around these two things
Cities & Factories
Where was the first battle of The Civil War
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
This person was a leading general for The Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
To leave or separate from something
Secede
The Southern economy was built on these two things
Plantations and free labor
What was the series of trails that enslaved people followed to escape called
The Underground Railroad
This person was an escaped slave who risked their life returning to The South many times to help others escape to freedom
Harriett Tubman
Announcement made by Abraham Lincoln with the purpose of setting enslaved people free
The Emancipation Proclamation
Name two things that made soldier life so difficult
Eating hardtack, sleeping in tents, not seeing their families, sickness and disease, wearing uncomfortable clothing, etc.
On what date did Abraham Lincoln sign The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863