Unit 9--Civil War Flashcards
Who was Abraham Lincoln in the Civil War?
He was the new U.S president and wanted to preserve the union
What did the Union have that other countries didn’t?
.more factories
.railroads
.money
.leadership of a general grant
What did the Battle of Vicksburg do in the Civil War?
In this battle, the Union captured Mississippi River and divided the Confederacy in half.
Where was the Confederacy surrendered to the Union?
It was in the Appomattox Court House where the Confederacy surrendered and ended the war
What was one of the major leading cause for the civil war?
slavery
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
This law made people catch runawy slaves
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do to slaves?
This made Kansas’s settlers vote whether or not not permit leaves
Why was sectionalism a cause of the civil war?
It was a cause because the regions in the north had factories, and the south had plantations
What was the Compromise of 1850?
The North and South agree to make California a free state
What economy was the plantation system and slave labor
The South states
