Causes
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
People who wanted to end slavery immediately were called what?
abolitionists
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Who was the major Union General who fought by always pushing forward?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
What government agency was set up to try and help freed slaves?
The Freedmen's Bureau
Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin important?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Union got control of this after the victory at Vicksburg.
What is Mississippi River
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists.
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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 or "total war"
DOUBLE POINTS:
Why did the Radical Republicans want to oversee Reconstruction(2 parts)? How did they gain control of it(3 parts)?
- Believed Johnson was not doing enough
-South was still oppressing African Americans
-Passed Civil Rights Act
-Proposed 14th Ammendment
-Impeach Johnson
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that was a leader of the Underground Railroad
Who was the man who shot Lincoln? Where did this happen?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while watching a play with his wife.
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
Name the three ways the Congressional Reconstruction Act tried to help the slaves prosper and have a say in their futures.
- Threw out state governments passing Black Codes
- Refused Confederate leaders in Congress
- Ratified amendments to secure right to vote and fair trial for black Southerners.