Need to Know Pt.2 Flashcards
What was the triggering event for secession?
President Lincoln being elected in 1860
Why did Lincoln put the proclamation out?
war strategy and to abolish slavery
What happened to the bleeding Kansas?
people flooding into the states and end up fighting
Why was the fugitive slave act passed?
for southerners to get their slave back if they ran away
Disadvantages for the North?
- lacked good military leadership
- inexperienced soldiers
- most battles were in unknown land
Why did Lincoln’s presidency come to an end?
assassinated 6 days after the war ended
famous conductor of the underground railroad?
Harriet Tubman
two battles took place on northern sites.
Gettysburg and Antietam
Why did prices go up in the south during the war?
the North was cutting off the south from supplies and they had no factories of their own
Why was the Freedman’s Bureau created?
To help newly freed Black Americans start their lives
woman’s jobs during wartime?
nurse
What did Sherman do on his journey and why?
destroy everything in his path to crush an demoralize the south
What battle did Lincoln give EP after?
Antietam
Secede meaning:
To break apart or leave
Disadvantages of the south
- easily split into two if North took control of the Mississippi
- few factories to produce military supplies
- no navy at war’s start
- lack railroads