Causes
The South argued that the Civil War was over the issue of
State's Rights
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 of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Lincoln initially argued that the Civil War was about
Preserving the Union
This agency was created in 1865 to help former slaves.
The Freedman's Bureau
Which successful Union General would later become President of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
First state to succeed from the Union
South Carolina
What about the Northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The North was more industrial and didn't have large plantations like the South
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
What was responsible for the most deaths during the Civil War?
Disease or lack of sanitation.
This event was considered the "last straw" in the path towards the Civil War
Election of 1860 - Lincoln's Victory
This radical organization, _________, was formed in Tennessee by former _______________ and served to maintain white supremacy in the South.
KKK; Veterans of the Confederate army
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves and when was it enacted?
The Emancipation Proclamation - January 1, 1863
What was the name of the Union strategy to strangle the South and what did it entail?
Anaconda Plan - a naval blockade by sea, control of the Mississippi River and capturing Richmond
What did the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments do?
Abolished Slavery, Granted Citizenship and Voting Rights to African Americans
Name five other major events that lead to the Civil War
Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Free Soil Party, Election of 1848, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Election of 1852, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Republican Party formed, Bleeding Sumner, Election of 1856, Dred Scott Case, Lincoln-Douglas Debates, John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry, Election of 1860
Sharecropping was said to be a "better way" of work for newly freed slaves. The Union promised to give each freedman what?
40 acres and a mule
Abraham Lincoln was murdered by this famous actor at what theatre?
John Wilkes Booth - Ford's Theatre
This generals command of an army of 90,000 captured and burned Atlanta, then swept across Georgia to Savannah. What was the generals name and what was this maneuver famously called?
Union General William T. Sherman & the March to the Sea.
The ____________ ___________ were passed in 1867 and helped increase the power of these three groups?
Reconstruction Acts - African Americans, scalawags and carpetbaggers.