People
He was the President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Texas joined this side during the Civil War
Confederacy
This was the turning point of the Civil War
Gettysburg
Her book Uncle Tom's Cabin sparked outrage in the south.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This side had over 13,000 miles of railroad
Union
He was the General of the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee
How many battles took place in the state of Texas
Three
This started the entire Civil War
Bombing of Ft. Sumter
This became the first state to secede from the Union in 1861
South Carolina
This was the main cash crop in the South.
Cotton
He was the General of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
This former Texas president was forced to resign as governor for not taking the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy
Sam Houston
This was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Battle of Antietam
He still won the presidency even though his name wasn't on the ballot in many Southern states
Abraham Lincoln
This side had some of the greatest generals
Confederacy
He was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This battle was fought two weeks after the Civil War officially ended
Battle of Palmetto Creek
This siege split the Confederacy in half and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union
Battle of Vicksburg
This Compromise forced slave states and free states to be equal
Missouri Compromise
Manufacturing was the biggest industry in this region
Union
He burned everything in Atlanta to the ground during his march to the sea
William T. Sherman
This Texas General was killed during the Battle of Shiloh
Albert Sydney Johnston
This is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
This slave took argued unsuccessfully for his freedom to the Supreme Court
Dred Scott
This country primarily bought southern cotton
Great Britain