Causes
What was the new invention that changed the south?
Cotton gin
Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter
What freed all slaves in Confederacy territory?
Emancipation Proclamation
Who led the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history?
Nat Turner
What was the Union’s original plan to win the war called?
Anaconda Plan
The right to vote is called what?
Suffrage
Why is the First Battle of Bull Run important to the Civil War?
Gave confidence to the South
How many Americans died during the Civil War?
620,000
Who is the most important abolitionist?
Frederick Douglas
Explain what the Underground Railroad was?
Above ground series of escape routes from South to North
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Admitted Maine as free and Missouri as slave to keep balance of power
What was the bloodiest battle in American history?
Antietam
What was Gen. Sherman’s goal in the war?
Break the will of the Southern people
Who was the military leader of the Confederacy?
General Lee
What were the three, new military technological advances of the Civil War?
Rifle, minie ball, ironclads
How many people in the south owned slaves?
⅓ of southern families
Where did the Union win their first major battle?
Battle of Shiloh
What was the most famous African-American unit in the Union army called?
54th Massachusetts Regiment
Who was the Union general in command at the beginning of the war?
George McClellan
At what conference was the Declaration of Sentiments drawn up?
Seneca Falls Convention
In what four ways did the cotton gin change the south?
Plantation expansion west
Cotton became major cash crop
Native Americans were driven off more land
Slavery grew
What battle won by the Union in the South gave them the key to the Mississippi River and helped achieve their goal of cutting the South in two?
Battle of New Orleans
What two major battle wins for the Union turned the tide of war in the North’s favor?
Vicksburg and Gettysburg
Who was put in charge of the Western army, now in the South, when Gen. Grant became commander of all the Union army?
William Sherman
What general was put in charge of the Union’s western army?
Ulysses S. Grant