People and Plans
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
100

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beacher Stowe

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
100

What was the first battle that began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

100

Name 3 states that were part of the Union

Maine, New York,New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan,Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, California, Nevada, and Oregon.

200

What was the anaconda plan? 

1. blockade southern ports

2. control Mississippi River

3. Capture Richmond

200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
200

What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

Gettysburg, PA

200

The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.

Northern; Southern

300

Describe what life was like for Soldiers

Diseased, deadly, homesick, hungry, exhausting....

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

Who was the major Confederate General?

Robert E. Lee 

300

What was the first battle of the war? 

Battle of Bull Run or Manassas

300

Name three states that seceded and formed the confederacy

Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.

400

Who was the freed slave that became an abolitionist and adviser to Abraham Lincoln?

Frederick Douglass

400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400

What were two battles that took place in Tennessee

Franklin, Shiloh, Stones River, Nashville, Fort Donelson, Fort Henry, Chattanooga

400

What was the nickname of the South and what color represented them?

Rebels, gray

500

Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

The issue of states' rights

500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500

What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?

Appomattox Courthouse

500

What was the nickname of the north and what color represented them? 

Yankees, Blue

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