Civil War and Causes 1
Why did the South oppose tariffs?
b/c they import more goods
List the order of major events of the Civil War.
Sumter, Antietam, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Sherman’s march to the Sea, Appomattox Courthouse
Describe the battle of Antietam and its effect?
bloodiest day…leads to Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of the US…believed secession was illegal
William Sherman
A Union general….march to the sea/burning of Georgia
Why were railroads important in the Civil War?
Transport troops and supplies to assist the army
Once the war was concluded, what would need to occur next?
Reconstruction
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A speech that freed the slaves in the REBELLING states
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy…believed secession is legal
William Carney
First African American soldier to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
What is sectionalism? How does that cause the Civil War?
Extreme loyalty to a section of the US…it causes too much division in the US
Dates of Civil War
1861 to_1865
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Bloodiest battle….and its a turning bc Lee never invades the North again
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General…18th president
Philip Bazaar
First Latino American soldier to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
Why is it called the Civil War?
US is fighting with itself
What was the effect of the election of 1860?
South Carolina seceded from the Union
Why was Vicksburg important?
Union controlled the MS river and split the Confed in half
Robert E. Lee
Confederate General
Clara Barton
A nurse in the CW…founder of the American Red Cross
What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?
Robert E. Lee and his army surrenders to Ulysses Grant….ends the Civil War
What was the significance of Fort Sumter?
1st battle…Confederate attack on a Union fort…Confederacy wins
Missouri Compromise?
A law to balance the # of free/slave states
Stonewall Jackson
Second in command for Confederacy…dies via friendly fire
List all the important people on the Northern side of the Civil War.
Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Phillar Bazaar, William Carney, clara barton