Causes of the War
What was the main economic difference between the North and South?
Industry vs. Agriculture
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Who was President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was a common food for soldiers?
Hardtack
Name one new type of technology used in the Civil War.
Ironclad ships, submarines, telegraphs, rifled muskets, railroads
What compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law?
The Compromise of 1850
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two?
The Siege of Vicksburg
Who was the Confederate general known for his nickname “Stonewall”?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
What was the most common medical treatment for severe battlefield injuries during the Civil War?
Amputation
What communication tool helped during the war?
What law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people?
Fugitive Slave Act
Which battle was the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
Which abolitionist, famous author, and formerly enslaved man wrote The North Star?
Frederick Douglass
What role did women often take on during the war?
Nurses, spies, managing farms
What was the name of the first successful ironclad warship used by the Union?
USS Monitor
Explain how “states’ rights” contributed to secession.
Southern states believed they had the right to allow slavery and secede.
Which battle gave the Union control of the Tennessee River and was one of the bloodiest early battles?
Battle of Shiloh
Who was the Union general famous for his “March to the Sea”?
William Tecumseh Sherman
What was one common disease that killed more soldiers than battle wounds?
Dysentery (or Typhoid Fever)
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed the harsh realities of slavery and increased tensions between the North and South?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Why was the Siege of Vicksburg important?
Gave Union control of the Mississippi River.
Which famous woman founded the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
What was life like in prison camps such as Andersonville?
Harsh conditions, disease, starvation.
Which amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people?
14th Amendment