Pre-Civil War Society
Suffrage (Right to Vote)
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
One of the first two battles of the war.
Fort Sumter, First Battle of Bull Run
Ulysses S. Grant was the general for which side of the Civil War?
The North (Union)
Abolition
What was the system that slaves took to reach the North?
The Underground Railroad
His election as President was the last straw for the South.
Abraham Lincoln
What was one advantage of the North and South during the war?
North - Higher Population, Factories for weapons, Railroad Systems
South - Homefield Advantage, Reason to Fight, Allies, Food Production
Who was the main general for the South (Confederacy)?
Robert E. Lee
Secede
For a state to leave the United States
What invention increased the demand for slavery and cotton?
Cotton Gin
When Kansas became a state, how did they decide if it should be free or slave?
The people of Kansas were allowed to choose.
What was the main plan of the North?
Anaconda Plan - Surround the South
She spent her life attempting to free slaves from the South.
Harriet Tubman
Segregation
Separating people based on race
Where was the first women's rights convention held?
Seneca Falls, NY
What was the name of the abolitionist who led a revolt at Harpers Ferry?
Jim Brown
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
Frederick Douglass
The Draft
What was the name of the slave who led the largest slave rebellion in Virginia?
Nat Turner
What was the reason and outcome for the Dred Scott case?
Dred Scott believed since he was in a free state he should be free.
The Supreme Court decided that slaves were property and therefore could not be free.
Which general led a March to the Sea to finish the Anaconda Plan?
William Sherman
John Wilkes Booth
Emancipation Proclamation
Declared that all slaves in the South were free