Civil War Test Flashcards
William Lloyd Garrison and the name of his newspaper
William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh slavery abolitionist, some of his words were so harsh that the southerners began to fear a slave rebellion. His newspaper was called: The Liberator
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and its significance
Published by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was a story about how harsh a slave’s life could be. By putting the story in the perspective of a slave, it opened many people’s eyes and tuned into people’s empathy.
Isabella Baumfree
Also known as Sojourner Truth, Isabella Baumfree was once a slave. After her state abolished slavery she was free. She wandered from place to place, preaching against the evils of slavery, as she claimed God had told her to do.She was a devout Christian.
Fredrick Douglass and the name of his newspaper
Fredrick Douglass was an escaped slave from Maryland. Having been taught how to read and write he was an eloquent speaker and traveled the country. He also wrote many antislavery books. His newspaper was called: The North Star.
Popular sovereignty, how is it relevant during this time, what popular senator was a fan of this idea
Popular sovereignty was when the people got to decide whether or not they wanted to be a free state or a slave state. This is relevant because both the slave states and the free states were requiring that everything was fair and that there was an equal amount of slave states as there were free states. So popular sovereignty allowed the citizens to feel like they had a say based on their needs. Senator Stephen Douglas
Harriet Tubman
A former slave that had escaped from slavery in 1849 going to the North. After escaping she went back and helped the rest of her family escape. After saving her family she continued to go back to help slaves escape. She was one of the “conductors” of the “Underground Railroad” and is said to have never lost a single passenger.
Why, according to Abraham Lincoln, should slavery not have been allowed to extend into U.S. territories.
Because he said it was “a moral, a social, and a political wrong.
Supreme Court justice who said that slaves were not included under the Declaration of Independence in the words, “all men are equal”?
Chief Justice Taney
Abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
The first and only president of the confederate states of america.
Who was the first Republican candidate for president? What did the election results for him show about the political power of the North?
Abraham Lincoln. He won the election with hardly a southern vote being cast for him. This showed the South that if the North stood together they could out number the Southerners and choose the president.
Event that officially started the Civil War
The Battle of Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln’s original goal in waging war
To bring the Confederate states back into the Union
What was the first major battle of the Civil War? Where was it fought?
The Battle of Bull Run. It was fought in Manassas.
Advantages and disadvantages for both the Union and the Confederacy
The Union due to their manufacturing economy could mass produce weapons and supplies easily this was to their advantage. The Confederate states due to their agricultural economy had to rely on trade for supplies; this was to their disadvantage because they had less supplies. The Confederacy also had less men willing to fight for them while the Union had plenty. Both sides had mainly young, untrained men who had never fought before. The Union had unskilled commanders that struggled to win battles while the Confederacy had skilled, strategic commanders that were good at maneuvering their forces.
What battle gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Battle of Antietam
What battle ended in Robert E. Lee’s invasion of Pennsylvania?
Battle of Gettysburg
Federal general who lays waste to Georgia from Atlanta to the sea. Why?
General T. Sherman. He wanted to teach them a lesson to never rebel again.
Why did John Wilkes Booth assassinate President Abraham Lincoln?
He wanted to strike a blow for his country- the Confederate States of America
What was General Thomas Jonathan Jackson called and why?
He was called Stonewall Jackson because at the Battle of Bull Run he prevented his Confederate men from retreating by standing firm “like a stonewall”.
