Causes
Why did the South say they needed slavery?
to protect their economy
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What were the laws called to keep newly freed slaves from using all of their rights?
Black Codes
What event did abolitionist give slaves weapons to fight their owners?
Harpers Ferry
What invention was made that would decrease the number of slaves needed to pick cotton?
Cotton Gin
Who was a abolitionist and a orator?
Fredrick Douglas
What is the time after the Civil War when the government tried to help the South?
Reconstruction
What is it called when part of the US broke off and formed their own country?
Secede
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who was president after Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
What were the many battles during the Civil War called?
Atlanta Campaign
What organization was made to help newly freed slaves?
Freedman's Bureau
What was the main reason the Civil War broke out
Slavery
What document was written and signed that freed the slaves in the Confederacy?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who supported women's rights and was a abolitionist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Which amendment officially ended slavery?
13th
What said that citizens were protected equally by law?
14th amendment
Name one state that seceded from the Union
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, S & N Carolina, Virginia
The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
Who lead the Union army to the March to the Sea?
William T Sherman
How did the Confederacy lose the war?
Union burned and destroyed everything