Acts/Compromises
The 3/5ths compromise said...
enslaved people will count as 3/5ths a person for representation purposes but would not be allowed to vote.
The president of the Union was...
Abraham Lincoln
The president of the Confederacy was...
Jefferson Davis
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
Where and when was the fist battle of the Civil War?
April 12, 1861 Ft. Sumter
The Great compromise said...
Split congress into 2 houses
House of reps based on pop.
Senate 2 senators for every state
The General of the Union was...
Ulysses S. Grant
The general of the Confederacy was...
Robert E. Lee
The advantages the South had were...
Fighting a defensive war
Sense of purpose
Veteran Military Officials
Cotton Diplomacy
What was the turning point of the War?
The battle of Vicksburg the North had finally won a battle.
The Missouri compromise said...
Missouri would enter as slave state Maine enters as a free state and the rest of the Louisiana Territory is divided into N/S
The main industry of the north was...
Manufacturing
The main industry of the South was...
Agriculture/slavery
The advantages the North had...
Better RR
Bigger Population
Established Government
Powerful Navy
What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?
Why was Lincoln so specific with his wording?
Any slave in confederate states was now free and recently freed slaves could join the military force
He wanted to inspire his Army to fight and keep the border states happy
The Fugitive Slave Act said...
Slaves must be returned to their southern owners even if they made it to a free state.
The North had a better...
Railroad system
What was Cotton Diplomacy?
The ideology that cotton was so important to the world other nations would be willing to help South in civil war for cheaper cotton.
Bleeding Kansas showed...
The issue of slavery was worth fighting/dying for.
How many Union states were there?
How many confederate states were there?
24
11
The Kansas Nebraska said...
California enters as a free state
In territories where slavery was once banned can now be open to voting on the issue.
The North fought in.... colored uniforms.
Blue
The confederacy fought in ... colored uniforms.
Grey
Why did the south want the 3/5ths compromise?
What killed most of the soldiers during the civil war?
Germs/Disease