VOCAB
CIVIL WAR
A war fought between people within the same country.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Person who was elected President in 1860, which led the South the secede and was assassinated once the Civil War was over.
JOHN BROWN
Abolitionist who led a raid on U.S. army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry
What river did the Union gain control over in VICKSBURG?
the Mississippi River
How could the North avoid the draft?
Paying a Fee of $300
SECEDE
To withdraw (The southern states seceded from the United States)
JEFFERSON DAVIS
President of The Confederate States of America
HENRY CLAY
person who proposed a compromise in 1850 to deal with the crisis over slavery, nicknamed the ‘Great Compromiser’
What happened at FORT SUMTER?
Confederate troops opened fire on the Union troops sparking the Civil War
How could the South avoid the draft?
By having more than 20 enslaved people
SLAVERY
When people are treated as property and work for little to no profit.
ELIZABETH BLACKWELL
first woman to attend and graduate from medical school
THOMAS “STONEWALL” JACKSON
Confederate General that stopped the Union Troops from advancing during the First Battle of Bull Run.
What battle ended the war?
Appomattox Courthouse
Name one advantage of the NORTH
More Factories
More people
More Railroads
More farmland
BOARDER STATES
The 5 states that were located between the Union and Confederacy
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia)
ROGER B. TANEY
Chief Justice who wrote a controversial Supreme Court decision in 1857
GEORGE McCLELLAN
A union general that was overly cautious
What was the deadliest battle of the war?
The Battle at Gettysburg
Name one advantage of the South
Fighting on their own territory
More experienced officers
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
When people are allowed to vote to determine the outcome of something
ULESSES S GRANT
The union general that took over for McClellan, because he was much more aggressive.
CLARA BARTON
Nicknamed “The Angel of the Battlefield”
What happened during Shermans Advance?
General William Sherman marched his troops from Tennessee, through Georgia into the Carolina’s creating havoc and destroying everything in its path
What was the fugitive slave act?
This was a law that required escaped slaved to be returned to their slave owners. Many people lied and said that Freed Men were their slaves.