People
Who was the president of the North and the president of the South during the Civil War?
North - Abraham Lincoln
South - Jefferson Davis
What was the first battle of the Civil War? And who won?
Battle of Fort Sumter and the South
What two resources did the South have more of than the North?
Rice and Tobacco
What is the other names for the North and the South, respectively?
North - Union
South - Confederacy
During the Election of 1860 why did the North have more electoral votes than the South?
They had a larger population and because of the 3/5th Compromise.
Who was the main general of the South and the last general of the North?
South - General Robert E. Lee
North - General Ulysses S. Grant
What was the importance for the battle of Vicksburg?
North (Union)
What does Emancipation mean?
Legal end to slavery
What region (North, South, East, or West) voted for Abraham Lincoln?
North
This individual was assassinated 5 days after the end of the Civil War.
President Abraham Lincoln
What was the event that ended the war?
Appomotax Courthouse - April 9, 1865 General Lee surrendered to General Grant
TRUE or FALSE: The South had more skilled workers and factories than the North to make weapons and supplies.
FALSE
These individuals were anti-slavery.
Abolitionists
What was the cultural difference between North and South that would relate to the election?
North was industrial and South was agricultural.
What was Candidate Stephen Douglas stance on slavery?
He believed in popular sovereignty - the people should be able to decide.
Which battle illustrated this would be a long and bloody war?
Battle of Bull Run
In what year did the Confederacy peak and then started to decline?
1863
What does it mean that South Carolina seceded from the North?
South Carolina left the North
Maryland - because kept DC safe.
Who was the brutal general of the North who was later stationed out West after the Civil War
General William T. Sherman
Which battled halted the Confederacy from going North?
Battle of Antietam
Towards the beginning of the Civil War what was the Strength level of the North and South (July 1861)?
Equal in Strength
What were the middle/border states?
They were the slave states that remained with the North. Primarily Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland.
Which state seceded (left) the Union first after the Election of 1860?
South Carolina