What Supreme Court case caused tension between the North and South?
the Dred Scott Decision
Name two abolitionists:
William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who raided Harper’s Ferry? Why?
John Brown in order to arm slaves and get them to revolt
Name at least two Union generals
Winifield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, George Meade, Sherman
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin cause northern abolitionists to take action?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
What battle had some picnic observers?
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
What was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, VA
Name two laws in the Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Law, California was a free state, Slaves could not be sold in Washington DC, UT and NM could choose for themselves about slavery
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops like tobacco and cotton
Who was Sherman and what was the March to Sea?
A Union General who led a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah. He ordered troops to burn everything on the way.
What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
What were slaves not allowed to do?
What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It made the Civil War about slavery, causing Europe to slow trade with the South. It did not actually free any slaves.
What roles did women play during the Civil War?
They took care of farms and businesses, collected and donated supplies, nurses, spies, and a few dressed up as men to fight.