Status of the US at War
Name THREE Confederate States
Varies (teacher accepts)
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
Abolitionists
Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Allowed all men to vote in the US
15th Amendment
Asked to join the war, but BOTH refused
Great Britain and France
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Who was the major Union General who fought in a majority of their battles?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war due to the loss of Confederate life?
Gettysburg, PA
Killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Put around the South in order to isolate them
Blockade at sea
More African Americans chose to fight for the
North during the war
Who were two major Confederate Generals? (last names ok)
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What was the new tactic the North used in order to destroy the moral of the South later in the war?
Total War/Destroy All
Who was in charge of the legislation after the war?
Republicans
Name of the river the North wanted to take
Mississippi River
Originally thought to not end slavery
Abraham Lincoln
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free *some* slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was Sherman, and what was the March to Sea?
A Union General who led a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah. He ordered troops to burn everything on the way.
What were three effects of the war on the South?
1) Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed
2) Thousands dead
3) Racism heavily reflected on freed African Americans
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights and choosing what they wanted to do
Chose to stay away from the South and fought against them
Border States
How (and doing what) did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
Who signed the surrender for the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Outlawed slavery
13th Amendment