causes of war
What was the main economic difference between the North and South?
The North was industrial, while the South relied on plantation farming and enslaved labor.
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
The First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas).
What amendment officially abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment.
What was the main idea the North and South disagreed on?
Slavery.
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What 1854 law allowed states to decide on slavery, leading to "Bleeding Kansas"?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What battle is known as the bloodiest single day in U.S. history?
The Battle of Antietam.
What government agency was created to help formerly enslaved people after the war?
The Freedmen’s Bureau.
What document issued by Lincoln in 1863 declared enslaved people in the Confederacy free?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was the commanding general of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Which political party was Abraham Lincoln a member of when he was elected in 1860?
the republican party
What Union victory is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg.
What were the laws called that restricted the rights of African Americans after the war?
Black Codes.
What ideology argued that states had the right to ignore federal laws they disagreed with?
States’ Rights.
What Union general led the March to the Sea, devastating the South?
william tecumseh sherman
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
south carolina
What was General William Tecumseh Sherman’s destructive march across Georgia called?
Sherman’s March to the Sea.
What group opposed Reconstruction and used violence to intimidate Black Americans?
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
What term describes extreme loyalty to one’s region over the nation as a whole?
Sectionalism.
Who was the famous abolitionist and former enslaved person who advised Lincoln and recruited Black soldiers for the Union Army?
frederick douglass
What event triggered the official start of the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter.
What event officially ended the Civil War?
General Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House.
What deal effectively ended Reconstruction in 1877?
The Compromise of 1877.
How does the Civil War connect to Chapter 5.2, "Conflicts of Ideas"?
The war was driven by ideological divisions over nationalism, sectionalism, and human rights.
Who was the Confederate general known as "Stonewall" for his stand at the First Battle of Bull Run?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson