War
What was a major killer
Disease
Who was the 16 president of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
How did the economies of the North and South differ regarding labor
The Southern economy was agricultural and relied heavily on enslaved labor to work on large plantations
What event began the Civil War
he firing on Fort Sumter
What was Clara Barton
Civil War nurse
Who was Tomas "Stonwall" Jackson
A Skilled general from Virginia
Why did Southerners believe slavery was necessary
Southerners felt that the abolition of slavery would destroy their region's economy
What was the first major battle of the Civil War
The First Battle of Manassas
What were women left to do during the war
Left to run businesses
Was Fredrick Douglass an enslaved African American
YES
What was the main moral argument in the North against slavery
Many Northerners believed that slavery was morally wrong
Which battle gave the North control of the Mississippi River and split the South
The Battle of Vicksburg
Were family pitted to each other
YES
What was Robert E. Lee to the Army
Army Leader of North Virginia
What was the result of the Missouri Compromise
Missouri entered the Union as a slave state
Which battle is considered the turning point of the war
The Battle of Gettysburg, where the North repelled Lee's invasion
What happend as the war went on
They became more poorly equipped
Who was a Union army general that defeated Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
How did the issue of states' rights contribute to the conflict over slavery
Southern states argued that they had the power to declare national laws
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
It made "freeing the slaves" a new focus of the war