Battles/Generals
Bloodiest Battle of the War, Turning Point
Battle of Gettysburg
Cause: a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North.
Underground Railroad
What drove the economy in the Southern states?
Farming, plantations & slaves
Commanding General of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
The year Abraham Lincoln was elected
1860
Commanding General of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
Cause: Widespread institution in Southern states where enslaved Black men and women were denied freedom, bought and sold, and forced to work for their "owners"
Slavery
What drove the economy in the Northern states?
Industries & manufacturing
President of the Confederate government
Jefferson Davis
A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln given at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Total war scare tactic that pushes the Confederates closer to surrender
Sherman's March to the Sea
Cause: This event led to the first southern state of South Carolina to secede from the Union?
Election of 1860
What caused the highest number of Civil War casualties?
Disease
An escaped slave who helped over 300 slaves escape through the "Underground Railroad"
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln's political party
Republican
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Attack on Fort Sumter
Cause: Aimed to maintain the balance of power between the free states and slave states
Missouri Compromise
An increase in cotton production and higher value/cost on slaves as a result of what invention
Cotton gin
An abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry arsenal, attempting a slave revolt - was captured & killed
John Brown
What was the reasoning of Lincoln giving Lee & Confederate troops easy terms of surrender?
Lincoln's goal was to reunite the South back with the Union after the war
Union General who led the march through Georgia, destroying almost everything in their path.
William T. Sherman
Cause: Multiple compromises about slavery had failed as we settled new states, leading to letting the people vote.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This weapons technology greatly increased the death rate during the Civil War
Minie Ball (bullet)
An escaped slave who became a major spokesperson and writer to inspire other abolitionists
Frederik Douglass
WHEEL OF FORTUNE
Emancipation Proclamation