Southern States
This is the type of economy in the southern states that was based mainly on large-scale farming.
Plantation Economy
This is the type of economy in the northern states that was based mainly on factories and industry.
Factory economy.
Hopes of a quick victory for both sides ended with this battle, where people had picnics to watch the action.
Battle of Bull Run
This was the Union's plan for blockading Confederate ships, dividing the South into sections, and capturing the heart of the Confederacy at Richmond, VA to destroy their government.
"Anaconda Plan"
This is where General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army, ending the Civil War without further suffering or hatred.
Appomattox Courthouse
Since there were not many large, urban areas, southern states had this size of population.
Smaller population
The northern states had large urban areas, which meant that their population size was ________ than the southern states.
Larger
This is the battle where Confederate General Robert E. Lee lost so many troops that he would never invade the North again. It is considered a turning point in the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
General Tecumseh Sherman took his 60,000 Union troops from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA in his famous "march to the sea". What strategy did he use to accomplish this march?
"Total war" or "scorched earth".
These vessels proved to be one of the greatest technological advances at the time.
Submarines and ironclads
Farmers in the southern states depended on this type of labor.
Slave labor.
Northerners were far more likely to be rich and have a higher _______ than their southern neighbors.
Education
It was during this battle that the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, made up exclusively of African American men, inspired others to join the fight.
Battle of Fort Wagner
After the Battle at Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln delivered this speech in which he invoked the principles of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence.
The Gettysburg Address
Soldiers equipped with rifles and these kinds of bullets were using technology that was new at the time.
Minie Balls
At the beginning of the Civil War, the southern states had few strengths, but this kind of strength was their greatest.
Military leadership.
Northern states had thousands of miles of this type of transportation, which would prove to be important during the Civil War.
It was with this battle that Union forces took control of the Mississippi River.
Battle of Vicksburg
This was another famous proclamation by Abraham Lincoln which declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
What percentage of the U.S. population died during the Civil War?
2% (around 620,000 people)