Southerners opposed tariffs because they believed tariffs would scare off foreign buyers of their goods and make the imported goods they needed more expensive.
What is an "abolitionist?"
An individual who worked to end the institution of slavery.
Vicksburg
Siege by Grant of this Mississippi city led the Confederacy to be split in two
Clara Barton was most closely associated with--
Healthcare for soldiers during the Civil War.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson....
Famous for his leadership and dying by friendly fire
Alexander Stephens wrote the "Cornerstone Speech" to explain the Confederacy leaving the Union because they supported and defended .....
Slavery
Abraham Lincoln once joked that the following person started the Civil War because of his/her writing.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
To "secede" is to--
Leave the United States
Bull Run
A shocking defeat for the Union/North and first major battle.
George McClellan
Inept leader of Union army who was eventually fired
Gettysburg...
Three-day battle that was a turning point in the war.
William T. Sherman...
Known for Total War policy and March to the Sea
What were border states?
States that allowed slavery, but did not leave the Union
Robert E. Lee was...
Leader of the Confederate army
T/F Most Civil War battles were fought in the North
False
Who was the 54th Massachusetts?
First all black Union regiment of soldeirs
What are Sherman's neckties?
heated railroad metal tied around tress
What was the importance of the Appomattox Courthouse?
It is where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, ending the Civil War.
Shiloh...
General Ulysses S. Grant invades Tennessee.
Abraham Lincoln was
President of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant was...
Leader of the Union Army
What was the first state to leave the Union?
South Carolina
Jefferson Davis was...
President of the Confederacy, Senator from Mississippi, and plantation owner
In which speech did President Lincoln state that the Civil War was necessary to preserve the Union and that America was one nation, not a collection of individual states?
Gettysburg Address
Fort Sumter
First shots fired here by Confederacy against US
Antietam...
Bloodiest single day in American history.
T/F Lincoln believed secession was not permitted by the US Constitution
True
How long and wide was Sherman's March?
1,000 miles and 60 miles wide
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Proclamation that freed slaves in the rebelling states
Describe the conditions at Andersonville Prison...