What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Cotton Gin
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north had more factories and didn't have large plantations
Who was the major Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
What was the gettysburg address?
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily farms/plantations and needed labor to help grow crops
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was Fedrick Douglas?
an escaped Slave who spoke out against slavery and wrote books.
Were ALL the slaves freed after the Emancipation Proclamation? (Trick Question)
It was a start, it was the 13th Amendment that freed ALL slaves.
What years did the Civil War begin and end?
1861 and 1865