History 1
Machine that quickly removed seeds from cotton
Cotton Gin
First confederate ironclad
Merrimac
Battle which was the turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
President Lincoln is shot
1865
Who won the first battle of the Civil War?
The Confederates
Ship covered with thick iron plates so that cannon balls or gun shells would bounce off
Ironclad
First Union Ironclad
Monitor
City captured by the Union army so the North could control the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The Civil War
The North set up a ________ to stop the South's trade with Europe
Blockade
Name used to refer to the United States during the Civil War
Union
Announcement made by President Lincoln that freed the slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
Missouri Compromise
1821
What do we call states that do not allow people to own slaves?
Free states
General William T. Sherman
Man who invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Man who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Civil War
1861-1865
What is a decision called that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument?
A compromise
Slavery
President during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Man who became President after Lincoln's death
Andrew Johnson
Emancipation Proclamation is issued
1863
What was the first state to leave the union?
South Carolina
Because of Abraham Lincolns honesty, what became his nickname?
Honest Abe