Civil War 1
This person was the president of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
True or False: The North opposed the extension of slavery into new states.
True
This person was a conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
This is a person who takes action to end slavery.
abolitionists
This person led a raid against Harper’s Ferry, VA in 1859 with hopes of seizing the federal arsenal and leading a slave rebellion.
John Brown
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
This amendment abolished slavery in the US
13th Amendment
This was the strategy of blocking southern ports to prevent goods and supplies from reaching citizens
The Anaconda Plan
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Name three distinct economic and societal advantages that the North had on the south.
Human resources, war materials, and construction of railroads(transportation)
This person was an abolitionist who spread his idea passionately through his newspaper.
William Lloyd Garrison
Juneteenth
This was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assassinated
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the anti-slavery movement.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
In the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854, this was proposed as a way to allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery
Popular Sovereignty
This state was the first to secede after finding out the results of the 1860 election.
South Carolina
This person was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What did states' rights mean during the Civil War?
That a state should be able to choose whether they are a free or slave state.
This person patented the Cotton Gin which increased cotton production. In turn, this increased the number of slaves.
Eli Whitney
These tariffs in the early 1800's hurt the South and helped the North.
Tariff of Abominations
The North's economy is based on this...
The South's economy is based on this...
Industrial
Agricultural
This stated that slavery would not be allowed in the newly acquired territories.
Emancipation Proclamation
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot permanently endure half slave and half free." Abraham Lincoln, 1858
Abraham Lincoln believed this would lead to the destruction of the union.
Sectional differences