Antebellum America
This group worked on small farms, planted and traded crops, and supported the railroad and homesteads.
Who are Western farmers?
This was the main cause of the Civil War.
What is slavery?
This is the name given to the North during the Civil War.
What is the Union?
This major battle was fought in Pennsylvania and became a major turning point in the war after the Confederacy was forced to retreat.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This reconstruction amendment allowed African American men to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This group had a very difficult life where they were viewed as property and wanted freedom.
Who are the Southern slaves?
In this compromise, the North and South agreed to count three out of every five slaves toward state populations and for taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This is the name given to the South during the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy.
This major battle took place from March to June of 1863 and ended with the Union (North) controlling the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This reconstruction amendment made it so that slavery could never exist again.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This group consisted of powerful plantation owners who were pro-slavery and were against the railroad.
Who are the Southern farmers?
This man won the Election of 1860, even though he was not on the ballot in many Southern states.
This faction/group had an organized navy, a very large railroad system, several factories, and $234 million in their economy.
Who is the Union (North)?
This major battle took place in Maryland because the Confederacy (South) hoped to get support from Great Britain and France.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This reconstruction amendment made African Americans legal citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This group lived comfortable lives running businesses and supported the railroad and, sometimes, slavery.
Who are the Northern elite?
This compromise made Missouri a slave state, made Maine a free state, and made it illegal to have slavery above the 36ยบ30' latitude line (the top half of the country).
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This faction/group had trouble getting supplies and food to troops, had few factories to make weapons, only had $74 million in their economy, but had strong military leadership.
What is the Confederacy (South)?
This major battle resulted in a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah.
This portion of the country dealt with a loss of money and damage to buildings and land after the war.
What is the South?
Maryland was this type of state before the Civil War.
What is a border state?
This state was the first to secede or leave the Union.
What is South Carolina?
Fighting in unfamiliar areas, inexperienced leaders with little military knowledge, and the need to get back a lot of land were all disadvantages for this faction/group.
What is the Union (North)?
This major battle forced the Union (North) to surrender and marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This portion of the country had lots of money and went back to their usual lives after the war.
What is the North?