Vocabulary
The term Union refers to
A. The North
B. The South
The North
The term Confederacy refers to
A. The North
B. The South
C. All the above
The South
The North was
A. In favor of Slavery
B. Against Slavery
B. Against slavery
The South was
1. Against slavery
2. in favor of slavery
B. In favor of Slavery
And so, soon after Lincoln took office, seven Southern states —seceded from the United States of America and formed the Confederate States of America.
What does the term seceded mean?
break away from
separate
By 1804, all states north of Maryland had voted to abolish slavery
The term Abolish means
formally put an end to
- population
- manufactured 97 percent of the country’s firearms, 96 percent of its railroad locomotives, 94 percent of its cloth, 93 percent of its pig iron, and over 90 percent of its boots and shoes.
- had all of the countries rifleworks
Large farms called plantations were used to grow what in the south?
a. corn
b. cotton
c. potatoes
d. tobacco
B. Cotton
Locomotives refers to
a. plane transportation
b. train transportation
c. car/bus transportation
b. train transportation
The northern states wanted slavery to be "prohibited".
a. What does "prohibited" mean
b. Use the term prohibit in a sentence
a. forbid by authority, prevent from doing something, illegal.
b.
What was the main disadvantage of the North
a. they didn't have enough people
b. they were not fighting on their own land
c. they didn't have as many weapons as the south
b. They were not fighting on their own land. The north had to fight on the souths territory
Name 2 advantages the South had over the North
- produced all the food
- had trained officers - 7/8 military colleges
- resourceful - built cannons and weapons by melting church and plantation bells
- fought on its own territory
Willpower is defined as " to restrain against impulses" or " the ability to control one's actions"
Use will power in your own sentence
"it took all my willpower to not go for another piece of cake"
Some people were opposed to slavery for moral reasons, and they formed a movement in the North called “abolitionism".
What did this movement support?
This is a historic document states that " all men are created equal" and was the backbone as to why the Northern states were against slavery
The Declaration of Independence.
what was a main disadvantage of the south
a. they had no rifleworks
b. they had no trained officers
c. they had no resources
a. they had no rifleworks
The North had twice the density of railroads per square mile. There was not even one rifleworks in the entire South.
Define rifleworks
a factor that produces rifleworks and weapons
If exporting refers to selling goods out of a place, what does importing refer to?
bringing goods into a country
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincolm
How and why was the Confederate States of America formed?
The South did not agree with the North's stance on ending slavery so they broke free from the union and formed their own government where they ruled themselves.