The North Flashcards
Where northerners called?
Yankees
What’s the capital of the north?
Washington DC
Who was the president
of the north?
Abraham Lincoln
What was the name for the north?
United States of America (USA) or The Union
What were the union states?
Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, California, and Oregon
What was the north economy based on?
Industry
What was the source of friction between the north and the south?
Growing economic power of the north
What did the north do to finance the war?
North raise duties on imports to 50% of their value to finance the war
What caused inflation in the north?
The printed their own money
What were the border states?
Molding states that stayed with the union.
They included:
West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, Kentucky