Civil War 1
Who was President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Which side of the Civil War was called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
How many years is, "Four Score and Seven?"
87 years
What differences were there between the North and South?
*economy
*views on states' rights
*view on slavery
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still part of the United States
Name one major advantage the Union had over the Confederacy?
Larger Population, Abundant natural resources, more manufacturing and more railroads.
Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
In what year did Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army surrender?
1865
Which was the first of the Southern States to secede?
South Carolina
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg (or Vicksburg)
Why did the Civil War begin?
The South valued their own states' rights and way of life - and didn't believe the government should make decisions about those kinds of things.
Who was the abolitionist who attacked Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
Which Southern City surrendered to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863?
Vicksburg
What was one practice that started after the Civil War and kept many poor whites and African Americans in debt?
Sharecropping
Who was Sojourner Truth?
A woman who was once a slave, became an abolitionist, and was famous for bringing supplies to African American troops during the Civil War.
What was the major reason the Southern States finally decided to secede?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Where did the Confederate Army Surrender?
A farmhouse in Appomattox, Virginia
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Boothe
Which of the Amendments passed during the Reconstruction Acts abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
What is one of the events that led up to the Civil War?
Differences between the North and South
Missouri Compromise
Bleeding Kansas
Harper's Ferry
Election of 1860
What is the name for a person who tries to abolish, or get rid of, slavery?
Abolitionist