Life Before the Civil War
The most important political issue leading up to the Civil War
Slavery
Many enslaved people escaped to join this side during the Civil War
The Union
Winner of the Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Winner of the Civil War
The Union
Event led to the secession of several Southern states from the Union
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Group of people held most of the power in society (ex: working class women)
Rich, white, landowning men
This secret network helped slaves escape to freedom
The Underground Railroad
Lincoln was a candidate for this party
Republican Party
This Union leader went on to become the 18th president of the United States.
Ulysses S Grant
Someone who was against slavery and worked to end it
Abolitionist
Where Northerners stood on slavery and Western expansion
They supported slavery in the South, but did not want it to expand to the West.
Approximate number of battles throughout the war
5,000
Abraham Lincoln was able to win despite this
Not being on the ballot in Southern states
This 1863 battle is considered the turning point in the Civil War
The name of the man that killed Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Profession of most Southern workers (80%)
Farmers
Name of the first battle of the war
Battle of Fort Sumter
Slavery
Leader of the Confederate Army
Robert E Lee
Word meaning "the fact or process of being set free"
Emancipation
When the South seceded, Abraham Lincoln's immediate thought was to...
Free the slaves
Years that the Civil War spanned
1861-1865
Number of major candidates in the election
Union advantage(s) in the war
Larger population (more manpower), more production of war materials, well-developed railroad systems
Name of anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Cabin