Before the Civil War
What are the two main reasons for the Civil War?
The ownership of slaves was the main reason for the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln being elected as president was also a big reason.
What was the role of women during the Civil War?
Women were nurses, cooks, care takers, and spies.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union won the Civil War.
Eli Whitney's invention that made it easier to remove seeds from cotton.
Cotton Gin
What was the name of a popular Civil War song about people awaiting the return of their loved ones.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
Who was elected as president of the United States in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln
Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
To join the Union again, the Southern states had to do what?
Ratify the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Railroad workers used this invention to destroy parts of mountains to create tunnels.
Dynamite/TNT
What is the 13th Amendment?
It banned slavery in the United States.
Who is the list describing?
-Freed slaves by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation
-Wrote the Gettysburg Address to honor soldiers killed in battle
-Wanted African American equality
-Fought to preserve the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the general of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was one of the first -
African American units in the Civil War.
These building were used mostly by the Northern states. These buildings were used to mass produce goods like clothes.
Factories/Textile Mills
What is the 14th Amendment?
Anyone born in the U.S. is automatically a U.S. citizen.
What state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
Who was the general of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
How did Abraham Lincoln punish the southern states for leaving the country?
He did not punish them.
He only wanted them to join the country again.
This invention made the Civil War different from all wars before it, because it captured portraits of soldiers, equipment, battlefields, and the dead.
Camera/photographs
What is the 15th Amendment?
African Americans are given the right to vote.
Which act allowed the issue of slavery to be decided by the people?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
How many states were in the Confederacy?
11 States
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
The Freedman's Bureau provided housing, food, medicines, and schools for former slaves.
This railroad would link the U.S. from east to west.
Transcontinental Railroad
What is sectionalism?
The political, economic, and social differences between different regions of a country.
Dividing the country based on their interests.