Civil War Flashcards
She was a former slave who helped lead over 300 slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad network
Harriet Tubman
Slavery might have died out sooner if this had not been invented
The cotton gin
Who invented the cotton gin and in what year?
Eli Whitney, 1793
While northern states largely gave up slavery and built _______ and _______, southern states grew _______ and other crops on large farms called _______.
While northern states largely gave up slavery and built MILLS and FACTORIES, southern states grew COTTON and other crops on large farms called PLANTATIONS.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of black and white people who helped slaves escape
Who was Frederick Douglass?
A leader (and speaker) in the abolition movement to end slavery in the U.S. He was born a slave with the name Frederick Bailey on a plantation in Maryland.
How did President Lincoln free the slaves?
With the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863
Lincoln was personally against slavery, but what did he think was an even more important issue?
The union of the states
How, where, when, and by whom was President Lincoln assassinated?
Shot in a theater shortly after the end of the war by John Wilkes Booth, a man stil angry about the South’s loss
Lincoln’s death did not stop the ideals he worked for: ______, ______, and ______ ______.
Freedom, equality, and national unity
What was the union of the southern states called? How many states were in it?
The Confederacy, 11 states
He was a former U.S. Army officer who led the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
He was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
He was the general Lincoln depended on most
Ulysses S. Grant
Although the South won major battles early in the war, the tide turned at this battle in this state
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
How did the war end?
Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia on April 9, 1865
What word refers to the rebuilding period after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What did Congress pass in 1867?
Reconstruction Acts that required real changes
By what year did Reconstruction die out in the South? Why? (3 reasons)
1877
- White Southerners in general resented Reconstruction bitterly.
- Some people were making unfair profits from it.
- Congress lost interest.
