Causes of the Civil War
reform to end slavery
abolitionists
The _______ had more railroads and telegraph lines
North
bloodiest one day battle in American history
Antietam
General that led the Union army?
General Ulysses S. Grant
General that led the Confederate army?
General Robert E Lee
The North did not want this to spread to new western states?
slavery
The North was more industrial than the South. This meant the North had more _________ to produce weapons and other war supplies.
factories
The Union's victory in this battle split the South in two
Vicksburg
the Civil War began here?
Fort Sumter
Lincoln's famous speech that honored the fallen soldiers at the famous battle in Pennsylvania
The Gettysburg Address
This election was the final straw for the South and soon after, southern states starting seceding from the Union.
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Which side had a larger population and could assemble a larger army and had more factory workers?
North
This 3 day battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
name 2 of the 4 main advantages that the North had over the South in the Civil war?
more railroads
more factories
larger population
more telegraph lines
the Civil War ended here?
Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House
Issue that debated over who had the power to interpret the Constitution concerning tariffs and slavery?
State's Rights
Which side had better knowledge of the terrain where most of the battles were fought?
South
Battle fought for control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
The Emanicipation Proclamation shifted the focus (primary reason) for the Civil War from preserving the Union to _____________.
ending slavery
executive order by Lincoln that freed all the enslaved people in the Confederate (rebelling) states?
Emancipation Proclamation
Loyalty to one's region instead of to the entire country
sectionalism
Who had better trained military officers?
The South
After this battle the South never invaded the North again?
Gettysburg
President of the Confederate states?
Jefferson Davis
After the war ended what became the priority of the nation?
bringing the southern (Confederate) states back into the Union