Battles/Generals
Bloodiest Battle of the War, Turning Point
Battle of Gettysburg
Event that led to the first southern State (south Carolina) to secede from the Union
Election of 1860 (Lincoln)
What drove the economy in the Southern states?
Farming, plantations & slaves
Commanding General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
The year Abraham Lincoln was elected
1860
Commanding General of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Supreme Court Case about a slave who lived in a free state and sued for his freedom, but was denied freedom and citizenship rights
What drove the economy in the Northern states?
Industries & manufacturing
President of the Confederate government
Jefferson Davis
A 3-minute speech by Abraham Lincoln given at the dedication of a national cemetery
Gettysburg Address
Total war scare tactic that pushes the Confederates closer to surrender
Sherman's March to the Sea
Law added into the Compromise of 1850 that required runaway slaves to be captured and returned
What caused the highest number of Civil War casualties?
Disease
An escaped slave who helped over 300 slaves escape through the "Underground Railroad"
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln's political party
Republican
First battle, over an army fortification in the South, that was the official start of the war
Fort Sumter
Cause: Aimed to maintain the balance of power between the free states and slave states
Missouri Compromise
An increase in cotton production and higher value/cost on slaves as a result of what invention
Cotton gin
An abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry arsenal, attempting a slave revolt - was captured & killed
John Brown
What was the reasoning of Lincoln giving Lee & Confederate troops easy terms of surrender?
Lincoln's goal was to reunite the South back with the Union after the war
Union General who led the march through Georgia, destroying almost everything in their path.
William T. Sherman
Cause: Multiple compromises about slavery had failed as we settled new states, leading to letting the people vote.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This weapons technology greatly increased the death rate during the Civil War
Minie Ball (bullet)
An escaped slave who became a major spokesperson and writer to inspire other abolitionists
Frederik Douglass
This declared slaves would be freed (not official until 13th amendment) and turned the war to be focused on ending slavery
Emancipation Proclamation