Causes
Who wrote Uncle's Tom Cabin?
Harriett Beacher Stowe
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Which part of the country felt that state governments should have more power than the federal government?
The South
"Nickname" of the Union solider
Yankee
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Showed the evils of slavery
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
Though many farms still existed in the north, more and more of its economy was becoming based on what?
Manufacturing (or factories.)
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
Besides slavery, what other major issue caused tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary in the north?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This law, passed in 1820, established Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also created an invisible line across the US; north of the line would be free, south would be slave.
The Missouri Compromise
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
What was the sentiment (or feeling) about slavery in the North?
Against it
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Under this act, runaway slaves did not get a trial by jury, couldn't testify in court, and any African American without papers could be captured and sent to slavery.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
The number of states in the Confederacy?
11
Which part of the country felt that state governments should have more power than the federal government?
The South
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
How did Lincoln die?
e was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
The name of the new nation that began in 1861.
What is the Confederate States of America?
First battle of the Civil War?
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?