Causes of the War
What was the main issue dividing the North and South?
Slavery
What battle was the first major clash of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What nickname was given to women like Clara Barton who helped on the battlefield?
“Angel of the Battlefield”
What document freed enslaved people in rebelling states?
Emancipation Proclamation.
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Which 1863 battle was the turning point of the war in favor of the Union?
Gettysburg
Which African American leader met with Lincoln to push for Black troops to fight?
Frederick Douglass
What was the system that forced men to join the army called?
The draft (conscription)
Where did Lee surrender to Grant in 1865?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
What book by Harriet Beecher Stowe stirred anti-slavery feelings in the North?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was General Sherman’s famous military strategy called?
March to the Sea / Total War
Who surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
Robert E. Lee
What role did many enslaved African Americans play once Union armies moved South?
They escaped and joined the Union Army or worked for the war effort.
About how many soldiers died in the Civil War?
Around 620,000.
What crop was the South’s economy based on?
Cotton
What ironclad ship battle changed naval warfare forever?
Monitor vs. Merrimack
Who was the Union general who later became president?
Ulysses S. Grant
These people were now in charge of mending the home front, supporting families, running farms, buisinesses, or finding jobs like nursing, teaching or a govonment worker.
the women left home from the war
What amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?
13th Amendment
What type of economy did the North have?
Industry
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
What Confederate general was nicknamed “Stonewall”?
Thomas Jackson
What new communication technology helped Lincoln and generals send messages quickly?
The telegraph
What was the time period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South called?
Reconstruction