Civil War Exam Flashcards
Who was the general of the North?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Battle of Gettysburg
It was a Union victory. It changed the tide of the Civil War. Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg address following the battle
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He wrote a book about his life as a slave.
Dred Scott
A legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott who lived in a free state and territory, where slavery was prohibited, was not considered free.
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States. It was used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
Fort Sumter
The first battle of the Civil War
Vicksburg
Located on the Mississippi river, it was an important victory for the North.
John Wilkes Booth
He assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
1860 Presidential Election
Lincoln still managed to win the election by collecting all the votes in the North, and his name wasn’t on the ballot at all in the South.
Civil War definition and dates (what year did it start and end?)
A war between citizens of the same country.
1861 – 1865
Slavery
Slavery refers to a condition in which individuals are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work.
Abolition
Abolition is the act of getting rid of something, like the abolition of slavery.
Who was the general of the South?
Robert E Lee
Emancipation Proclamation
If the Union wins all slaves will be free
Conscription
Compulsory enrollment of persons especially for military service
Fugitive Slave Act
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states.
“Total War”
A war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
King Cotton
To claim the feasibility of secession and to prove there was no need to fear a war with the northern states.
Women role in the war
Women dressed as men and fought in the war, cooked and nursed soldiers, and took their husband’s jobs back at home.
Was education in the South discouraged or encouraged? What about the North?
Education in the South was not encouraged, while education in the North was encouraged.
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
