Important People
What was Clara Barton's nickname?
Angel of the Battlefield
Who won the Battle at Fort Sumter?
The Confederacy
The did not like him because he wanted to abolish slavery.
What does the word abolished mean?
Ended.
Who won the entire Civil War?
Union
How was Abraham Lincoln educated?
He taught himself by reading lots of books as a child.
What is a civil war?
A war fought between two or more groups of citizens who are from the same country.
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who wanted to abolish (or end) slavery.
Abraham Lincoln
What does united mean?
Together as one.
What was the nickname given to the Confederate soldiers AND the nickname given to the Union soldiers?
Confederate - rebels
Union - Yankees
What state was Fort Sumter located in?
South Carolina
What was the mason-dixon line?
An imaginary line dividing the north and the south.
How did slaves feel about the Emancipation Proclamation?
Excited to be freed.
What did Harriet Tubman do AFTER the war ended?
Moved to Washington DC and helped thousands of newly freed slaves find homes and jobs.
Why was Ulysses S. Grant given the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender"?
Because he accepted nothing less than a complete surrender from the enemy.
Who won the Battle of the Wilderness?
No clear winner, many killed and wounded on both sides.
Define the word seceded.
Leave, declare they were no longer part of the United States.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?
It declared an end to slavery, but did not end the war.
Why did it take so long for the South to recover from the war?
Most buildings/houses were completely destroyed and needed to be rebuilt.
Why did Robert E. Lee choose to command the Confederate Army?
He wanted to be loyal to his home state of Virginia.
What was another name for the Battle at Fort Sumter?
Battle of Bullrun
What were some differences between the north and the south? (name two)
Slavery not allowed in the north, north relied on factories, south relied on agriculture, factory worker earned wages in the north, slaves were not paid in the south
After the Emancipation Proclamation, who was allowed to continue keeping their slaves?
People in states that had not seceded from the Union.
How did the Civil War change the United States? Name two ways.
Thousands died, millions wounded, slaves were free, new trains, new machines, doctors discovered new medicine