The Civil War
Who fought in the Civil War?
The North and the South
What is a frontier?
It is the land that forms the farthest extent of a nation's settled regions
Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the South's economy?
It was based on agriculture
Who found a small gold nugget in a ditch?
James Marshall
What was the Northern Strategy?
The Anaconda plan
What is Expansion?
It is the act of extending the nation beyond its existing borders
Who started the Era of Good feelings?
James Monroe
What was the North's economy?
It is based on industry
In 1820 who did Mexico gains its independence from?
Spain
Where did Lee decide to fight?
Gettysburg
Where did the phrase Manifest Destiny quickly become popular in?
United States
Who was the person that helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Transportation for the South?
Southern states have few train lines and many ocean ports for shipping crops to Europe
Tax on imported goods?
Tariff
When did Lee surrender to Grant?
April 9, 1865
What did Manifest Destiny describe?
The belief that the United States was destined, or meant, to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Who was the person who wrote an autobiography?
Frederick Douglass
Transportation for the North?
Northern states have many train lines = will make fighting a war easier
What is the Indian Removal Act (1830)?
Allowed the President to make treaties with Native Americans that would trade land in the east for new territory on the Great Plains
How many total Civil War deaths?
600,000+
What was used as an international trading route mainly between the United States and Mexico?
Santa Fe Trail
Who was the South senior General for the whole war?
Robert E. Lee.
Who had a bigger population?
The North had 22 million — none were slaves. The South had 9 million people and 4 million were slaves.
What was the New Northern Strategy?
Destroy EVERYTHING. Everyone is the enemy and everything helps the enemy. So, destroy everyone and everything.