Causes
Cause: a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.
Underground Railroad
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
Cause: Widespread institution in Southern states where enslaved Black men and women were denied freedom, bought and sold, and forced to work for their "owners"
Slavery
What drove the economy in the Northern states?
Industries & manufacturing
An abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry arsenal, attempting a slave revolt - was captured & killed
John Brown
A document passed in 1863 which freed slaves in Southern States
Emancipation Proclamation
Cause: This event led to the first southern state of South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Election of 1860
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
A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln given at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
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
President of the Confederate government
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln's political party
Republican
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
"4 Score and 7 Years Ago" referrs to what number?
87
Bonus! 500 extra points
What year was he specifically referring to in the speech?