Economy
In this area of the country, only 1/10 of the residents lived in large cities.
The South
The economy of the South is based primarily upon ____________.
Agriculture, Farming, Plantation system (Slavery)
-these are all correct-
Were former slaves allowed to join the Union Army?
Yes
Which army had red uniforms?
Not the Union or the Confederacy.
Great Britain had red uniforms.
The uniform color for the Confederate army.
What is gray?
The Northern economy was based upon
Manufacturing & Industry
Who was the most famous General in the Confederate Army?
General Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln gave a very famous speech in 1863 after the North won the war. This speech is known as the ___________ _______________.
General Ulysses S. Grant
The Mason-Dixon line was originally drawn to settle a property dispute. But it eventually this dividing line became much more important.
Why?
It separated the North from the South
-or-
It separated the free states from the slave states.
What color is the uniform for the Union Army?
Blue
Name three crops produced in the South.
Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar, Corn, Indigo
Which state split in two when states began seceding?
Virginia
Why did Northerners favor tariffs?
So they could sell more goods in the South.
This doctrine said that Congress was only in place by the will of the states and the states could refuse to comply with its laws.
The Doctrine of Nullification
This former slave escaped and became an outspoken abolitionist. There were more pictures of him from the 1800s than President Lincoln.
Frederick Douglas
The North needed cotton from the South for what industry?
The textile industry
The Confederate Army attacked the Union soldiers stationed at Fort _________ in Charleston Bay.
Sumter
Why did children in the North get a better education than in the South?
Common schools were set up in the North and even the poorest of children could get an education. (public education)
In the south, most children had to help with farming.
Which side (North or South) favored a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
The South favored strict interpretation.
Southerners called Northerners by this term that came about during the Revolutionary War.
Yankees
What is the definition of tariff
a tax on imported goods
Who was elected to the Presidency of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What court decision said that a slave owner could bring their slaves to a free state and keep them in slavery?
The Dred Scott decision.
How did the Cotton Gin dramatically increase the South's reliance on enslaved people?
The machine de-seeded the cotton, making production much more efficient, but this just resulted in greater profits, greater cotton production and continued demand for slaves.
Who led the Union army? Can you spell his name?
General Ulysses S. Grant