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what party did president Lincoln join during 1856?
republican
what was the Gatling gun?
a multi barreled rotating gun operated by a hand crank that could fire up to 200 rounds a minute
What was the most significant event in the Civil War?
Abraham Lincolns emancipation proclamation,A document which fundamentally changed the war and the Nation.
how many places did the civil war take place?
10,000
what was the main cause of the civil war?
the moral issue of slavery
Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?
he was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877
how did the cotton gin affect slavery?
Cotton growing became so profitable for enslaves that it greatly increased their demand for both land and enslaved labor.
when did the battle of fort Sumter happen?
april 12,1861
where did most of the fighting take place?
southern soil
what did states rights have to do with the civil war?
The Southern states wanted to assert their authority over the federal government so they could abolish federal laws they didn't support
Who Was Robert E. Lee?
Robert Edward Lee was an American Confederate general who served in the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War
who invented the army ambulance corps?
Jonathan Letterman
who won First Battle of Bull Run/First Battle of Manassas?
confederate
what two states joined the union during the civil war?
west Virginia and Nevada
what was the abolitionist movement?
it was an organized effort to end the practice of slavery in the United States
what did Clara Barton do during the civil war?
she founded the american red cross in 1881
what are 3 inventions that made the civil war the first modern war?
railroad trains,telegraph,ironclad ships and guns
how many casualties were there in the battle of Gettysburg?
51,000
what did the north want in the civil war?
The North was fighting for reunification
what was uncle toms cabin?
an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
what were stonewall Jackson accomplishes?
he won the first Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and he graduated from West point academy 17th out his class of 59 students
what were torpedoes in the civil war?
when was the battle of ceder creek?
October 19, 1864
why did the battle of Vicksburg take place?
how did the bleeding Kansas effect the civil war?
led to the crisis over the Lecompton Constitution