Important People
She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abolitionist who printed an anti-slave newspaper
William Garrison
Taxes placed on imports, and the south refused to pay
Tariffs
Union soldiers were called this
Yankees
A document that states all slaves in Confederate states are free
Emancipation Proclamation
A white abolitionist who was hung starting a slave rebellion
John Brown
Hard-fighting Union general
Ulysses S. Grant
The South needed this to run plantations.
Slavery
Confederate soldiers were called this
President Lincoln delivered a 2-minute speech dedicating this battlefield
Gettysburg Address
President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This election wanted to end slavery
Election of 1860
Greater resources such as industries and weapons
North
After destroying Atlanta's warehouses, this man led his men to destroy everything in their path
Sherman's March to Sea
Abolitionist who shared his own slavery experience
Frederick Douglass
First black woman to speak out again slavery
Sojourner Truth
The south wanted each state to make its own decisions about slavery.
States' Rights
Skilled soldiers to include better trained officers.
South
This is where Lee surrendered to Grant
Appomattox Court House in Virginia
Confederate general who won Battle of Bull Run
Robert E Lee
The first and only confederate president
Jefferson Davis
The Southern states seceded from the Union.
Secession
True or False: Most battles were fought in the south
Confederates attacked the fort before the Union supplies arrived. Beginning of the Civil War
Fort Sumter