Notes & Homework
The definition of Antebellum America
What is the time period before the Civil War?
The end to slavery
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
The expectation of Lee at the battle of Gettysburg
What was Lee's job to win the battle, get the North to surrender, boost morale, ect.
The capital of Nevada
What is Carson City?
Definition of Nat Turner's Rebellion
(Something along the lines of) What is a rebellion of slaves in South Carolina led my Nat Turner where over 50 white men/women/and children were killed.
Who lost the battle of Gettysburg?
When is 1863?
The President of the United States during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The region of the country with rockier soil
Definition of sectionalism
What is the one's interest of one's region over the whole country
The amount of days the battle of Gettysburg lasted.
How many days is 3 days?
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Who was Jefferson Davis?
General in charge of the Union/North army
Who is General George Meade?
One way women helped in the Civil War
What is pretending to be a man and fight, be a spy, raise money, be a nurse, ect.?
What are 19th century mills where textiles were manufactured in high quantities employed by unmarried women.
Where is Pennsylvania?
The year Abraham Lincoln was referring to when he stated "Four score and seven years ago..."
When was 1776?
What is the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
Name one form of slave resistance in the South
Definition of Cotton Belt
What is the region of the US spanning many states in the South where cotton is produced?
Name a reason the Battle of Gettysburg was so important?
Lincoln's/the North's goal while fighting the Civil War
What is to unify the country, to end slavery, equality?
What is surrounding and cutting off a town for the purpose of capturing it?