Causes
What was the major cause of the Civil War
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
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
What the battle at Manassas called
What is battle of Bull Run
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
How many confederate generals were there
What is two
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
What did the south need the slaves for
What is to pick cotton
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
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?
What is assassinated.
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi