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Preserved the Union by defeating the South in the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A charging of a Fort in Charleston, South Carolina that resulted in a Union surrender, beginning the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
A difference in economies caused a split between the North and the South, with the South relying on a certain ¨positive good,¨ that many abolitionists did not want in the North. This was the practice that the South´s plantation-based economy relied on.
What is slavery?
A period post-Civil War in which the South was rebuilt to help it become part of the Union again. This era helped re-admit Confederate states back into the Union.
What is Reconstruction?
The North was more industrialized and had more of these.
What are railroads?
Served as the Commander in Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War, his victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga convinced Lincoln to promote him to head all Union armies. Once said, "I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't."
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The final battle of the Civil War, taking place in Virginia. The Confederacy is forced is to surrender, giving the Union a decisive victory.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Court House?
In 1860, this event caused Southern states to want to secede from the Union, starting with the succession of South Carolina, a slave state.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln/the election of 1860?
Post-Civil War American secret society advocating white supremacy.
What is the KKK?
At the beginning of the Civil War, this was the greatest advantage of the Confederacy.
What is superior military leadership?
Advocated for the immediate and uncompensated release of all slaves held in the United States and was best known as the editor of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator?
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
A three-day fight in Pennsylvania that and the deadliest battle in the war. It served as a turning point in the war for the Union.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
In the Northern United States, there was more support for a larger federal government as well as a Constitution. As opposed to a strong federal government, the South believed more in this.
What are states’ rights?
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Confederate politics lacked this.
What are political parties?
Economic policies failed to provide the South with a stable currency or enough industrial capacity to prevail in the war, was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A battle in Maryland, and 1st major battle for the Union, known as the bloodiest day in US history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
A popular sovereignty clause that caused debate over the acceptance of slavery in a certain state. This act led to a series of armed conflicts and caused controversy that led to the Civil War.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Three amendments passed that abolished slavery, opened citizenship to all races, and gave suffrage to all men.
What are the Civil War Amendments (13, 14, and 15)?
This was the goal of the Confederacy throughout the Civil War.
What is incorporate all slave states and secede from the Union?
Commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865 and opposed secession, he resigned from the U.S. Army to join the forces of his native state, rose to command the largest Confederate army and ultimately was named general-in-chief of all Confederate land forces.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The 1st major battle of the Civil War that brought “Stonewall” Jackson to fame, ending in a Confederate victory. It is also known as the Battle of Bull Run.
What is the Battle of Manassas?
This term relates to the division in politics, economics, and social issues throughout the Northern and Southern states. This was evident in the election of 1860, with a visible divide in which candidates the North and South voted for.
What is sectionalism?
A clause that states the federal government has supremacy over state governments, and that was upheld by the Union’s victory in the war.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This was the Union’s 3 step strategy plan.
What is Blockade all Southern Ports, Take control of the Mississippi River, Capture the Southern Capital of Richmond Virginia?