UNIT 4: The Civil War & Reconstruction (1861-1877)

Question 1

Causes of the Civil War (North vs. South)

Answer 1

Slavery – South depended on slaves; North wanted to end it.

States’ Rights – South wanted more state power, North wanted strong national government.

Abraham Lincoln’s Election (1860) – South saw it as a threat to slavery.

Question 2

North Vs South

Answer 2

North (Union) – Industrial, more people, more factories.
South (Confederacy) – Farming, fewer people, relied on slavery.

Question 3

Major Battles

Answer 3

Fort Sumter (1861) – First shots fired.
Gettysburg (1863) – Turning point (North started winning).
Appomattox (1865) – South surrendered!

Question 4

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Answer 4

freed slaves in rebel states.