Causes
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
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 created the Underground Railroad
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
Along what river was the South split in two?
The mississippi
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Why did the south have so many slaves
They needed labor to help grow crops
What didn't the north have many slaves
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
Which battle began the civil war
Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
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 created the Underground Railroad
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
Along what river was the South split in two?
The mississippi
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Why did the south have so many slaves
They needed labor to help grow crops
What didn't the north have many slaves
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
Which battle began the civil war
Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse