North VS South
What was another name for the North during the Civil War?
The Union
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to one region over the whole country
What was industrialization?
Growth of factories and machine production.
Which side had a larger population, giving them more soldiers for the war?
The Union
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
What was another name for the South during the Civil War?
The Confederacy
What major issue divided the North and South the most?
Slavery
What is urbanization?
Growth of cities as people moved there for jobs
What is the Battle of Gettysburg considered, and why?
It is considered the turning point of the Civil War because the Union victory stopped the Confederacy’s invasion of the North and gave the Union momentum.
This amendment gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
14th Amendment
Which region’s economy depended more on factories, trade, and wage labor?
The North
How did the issue of states’ rights connect to slavery in the South?
Southern states argued they had the right to decide whether slavery was legal.
What invention made cotton production faster?
The cotton gin
This speech honored soldiers who died at Gettysburg.
The Gettysburg Address
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
What political belief caused many Southern states to argue they could leave the Union?
States’ rights
What happened when Abraham Lincoln got elected as president?
7 Southern states seceded from the union
How did the cotton gin impact the South?
It increased cotton production and dependence on slavery
This order issued by Abraham Lincoln declared that enslaved people in Confederate states were free.
The Emancipation Proclamation
What did the Union’s Reconstruction Plan include to help bring the Southern states back into the United States after the Civil War?
The Unions Reconstruction Plan included
Rebuilding the Southern states’ governments and economy
Bringing Southern states back into the United States (re-admitting them to the Union)
Requiring loyalty to the United States from former Confederate states
Creating new laws and state governments in the South
Later plans included protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people
How did differences between the North’s and South’s economies increase sectional tensions before the Civil War?
The North favored industry and tariffs, while the South depended on agriculture and slavery, causing political conflict
How did political compromises delay, but not solve, tensions between the North and South?
Compromises helped keep the number of free and slave states equal for a short time, but they did not solve the bigger problems about slavery.
How did the Industrial Revolution help the North during the Civil War?
The North had more factories that could quickly make weapons, clothing, railroad tracks, and other supplies needed for the war.
This was the final major battle of the Civil War that led to the surrender of Confederate forces.
Appomattox Court House
What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau after the Civil War?
The Freedmen’s Bureau was created to help formerly enslaved people and poor Southerners after the Civil War it provided: