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VOCABULARY
MANY SLAVES WIN FREEDOM
WAR COMES TO AN END
WAR TAKES A HEAVY TOLL
MIXED BAG
100
To free from slavery
Emancipate
100
Abolitionists advised Lincoln to do this
Abolish Slavery to weaken the south
100
David Farragut's Union Army took control of this port AND river
New Orleans / Mississippi River
100
This historic event tool place on April 14th, 1865
President Lincoln was assassinated
100
This side lost the most soldiers during the Civil War.
Union (North)
200
Murder of a public person
Assassinate
200
Name 2 of the 'Border States'
Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky
200
Grant attacked and took control of this city in April 1865
Richmond
200
1. This man was responsible for the historic event that occurred in Washington on Apri 14th, 1865 2. The reason he did it
1. John Wilkes Booth 2. He supported the south - unhappy they lost the war - blamed Lincoln
200
After the war these became the biggest areas of growth in the North
Big businesses and industry
300
Name given to the group of slave states that remained loyal to the Union
Border States
300
The law of 1862 said this about escaped slaves
If they reached Union held land they were free
300
Confederate canons in this city delayed General Grant from taking it (hint - there is a city of the same name in Michigan!)
Vicksburg - **Grant eventually took it by bombarding the city and blockading it)
300
Describe the appearance of the south after the war ended
Ruined cities, burned farms & plantations, wrecked railroads & factories
300
These 2 things were made clear about the Federal Government after the war
1. The Federal Government was supreme over all states 2. States could not secede from the Union
400
A war in which an army destroys everything that can help an enemy army
Total War
400
This man issued the Emancipation Proclamation on this date
Abraham Lincoln January 1st, 1863
400
Union & Confederate troops fought a brief but bloody battle in this town in Pennsylvania (famous for a speech!)
Gettysburg
400
The 4 million freed slaves had these 2 problems after the war ended
No homes, no jobs (but at least they were free!)
400
Who surrendered to whom on April 9th, 1865 at Appomattox
Lee (Confederacy) surrendered to Grant (Union)
500
Lincoln's famous speech that starts "Four score and seven years ago.."
The Gettysburg Address
500
The main reason the president wanted to end slavery in the south
Weaken the work force = weaker army (less food produced on the plantations meant less food /supplies for the Confederate Army)
500
1. Lincoln put this General in charge of the union armies. 2. This General then put this man in charge of the Union's armies in the west.
1. General Ulysses S Grant 2. William Tecumsh Sherman
500
This Southern business suffered the biggest decline after the war
Cotton plantations
500
This many slaves were freed as a result of the Civil War
4 million