Vocabulary
The alliance of southern states
Confederacy
This person was the President during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The era right after the Civil War ended
Era of Reconstruction
This invention made cotton production more efficient and increased the need for more slaves in the south
Cotton Gin
The alliance of northern states
The Union
This person was General for the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln gave a speech after this battle about why the war was being fought and to motivate the union soldiers to keep fighting
Battle of Gettysburg/ Gettysburg Address
This document was created by the Pilgrims and established self-government for the first time in the colonies
Mayflower Compact
The practice of receiving a portion of the crops in exchange for living and farming on a large estate
Sharecropping
This person assassinated Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
This battle was the bloodiest battle during the Civil War
Battle of Antietam
The name given to the form of government where people "elect" representatives
Representative Government
To block off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Blockade
This person was the "President" of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis
This battle is was the turning point of the Civil War because the Union took control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The belief that America should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest Destiny
Lincoln's Plan for defeating the south
Anaconda Plan
This person was tasked with marching to the Georgia coast and burninf down everything in their path.
William T. Sherman
Abraham Lincoln issued this law that freed slaves in the confederacy
Emancipation Proclamation
British economic policy that the colonies exist to make a profit for the “Mother Country".
Mercantilism