Leaders
President of the Union
who is Abraham Lincoln
First battle that began the Civil War
what is the Battle of Fort Sumter
main cause of the civil war?
what is slavery.
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called...
abolitionists
T/F one effect of the civil war was the continuation of slavery
what is false
Union general
who is Ulysses s. grant
battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
What is the battle of Gettysburg.
refers to the struggle between the federal government and individual states.
what are States rights.
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
what is The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
What did newly freed slaves do after the war?
what is immagrate to their families.
Two confederate generals
Who are Robert E Lee and Thomas jackson?
was the goriest day in the Civil War?
what is the day of antietam.
Besides slavery, major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
what is The issue of states' rights
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
what is They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
Why was president Lincoln assassinated?
what is Because some extremists wanted to end the plans of reuniting the union.
the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
what is the Emancipation proclimation
the name of the union plan to surround the South and strangle it
what is the Anaconda plan
On Sept. 2 1864 this general's troops occupied Atlanta
who is Sherman
Harriet Tubman. how did she contribute to the Civil War?
what is She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
what is 620,000
assasinated by John Wilkes Booth
Who is Abraham Lincoln
one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
what is the Appomattox Courthouse.
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
why is He wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists.
had the largest population of enslaved African Americans of any state in the Confederacy...
what is Virginia.
it undermined the belief that black people were more loyal to the Confederacy than the Union.
what is the effect on the southern troops.