Civil War Flashcards
What was the cause of the civil war?
The North and the South viewed slavery differently.
What were the large farms in the South called?
plantations
Why did many people in the south not want to abolish slavery.
They felt they needed slaves to help harvest crops.
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What was the group of people who helped slaves escape from the south to the north called?
The Underground Railroad
Which star showed the slaves which way was north?
Polaris (North Star)
How did the moss help the slaves find their way North?
Moss grows on the northern side of trees.
Who spoke out against slavery spreading to the new states in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Why did the southern states leave the union.
Lincoln was elected president and they thought he would stop slavery.
What did the southern states name their new country?
The Confederate States of America
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Where did the Confederate soldiers attack in 1861?
Ft. Sumter
What was the only way that Lincoln and others in the North thought they could save the Union?
Have a civil war.
What were the soldiers from the north in the Civil War called?
The Union
What were the soldiers from the South called in the Civil War?
Confederacy
What did the confederate soldiers call the union soldiers?
Yankees
What did the Union soldiers call the Confederate soldiers?
Rebels
Who was the leader of the Confederate Army?
General Robert E. Lee
Who was The President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What document did President Lincoln sign that said that the slaves in the south were free?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the commander of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the commander of the Union army that replaced General George McClellan?
Ulysses S. Grant
What military school did both General Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee attend?
West Point Academy
What battle was a turning point in the war, ending General E. Lee’s invasion of the north?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Why was President Lincoln angry after the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union Army didn’t pursue, or capture, Lee and his army after their defeat.
Who was the first Union General of the Civil War?
General George McClellan
Grant kept advancing and attacking until he gradually closed in on ___________, the capital of the Confederacy.
Richmond
Which Union General was tearing through Georgia, tearing up railroad tracks, cutting off supplies to the Confederacy?
General Tecumseh Sherman
What city in Georgia did General Sherman famously set fire to?
Atlanta
What town did General Grant finally capture General Lee and his men and force Lee to surrender?
Appomattox Court House
How long did the Civil War last?
4 years
What famous female nurse in the Civil War did we study?
Clara Barton
