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abolitionist
a person who wants to get rid of or destroy slavery
enlist
a voluntary joining of the military
secede
withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization
campaign
a military objective for a specific goal
guerrilla
small military group that harasses or fights other people
states rights
the principle that the rights of individual states should prevail over the rights of the federal government
state's rights, slavery, economic differences, election of 1860
what are some causes of war
4/12/1861-4/9/1865
what date was the civil war
over 600,000
about how many people would die in the civil war
confederates, rebels, greycoats
what were people from the south known as
union, yankees, blue
what were people in the north known as
texas, la, arkansas, florida, missouri, alabama, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia, and tennesse
list 11 confederate states
california, iowa, ohio, new york, illinois, michigan
list 6 union states
ironclad warships, primitive submarines, and the gatling gun
what were some new tools of the civil war
photographed
the civil war was the first national event to even be ____
1820 missouri compromise
which compromise was this: this compromise said there should be an equal balance of free and slave states
slave
in the missouri compromise, missouri would come in as a ____ state
free
in the missouri compromise, main would be a ____ state
compromise of 1850
which compromise was this: this compromise would let voters in that state decide if it would be a free or slave state
free
in the compromise of 1850 california entered as a ____ state
compromise of 1850
which compromise would be used for western territories
1854 kansas nebraska act
which act was this: would replace the missouri compromise
free
in the 1854 kansas nebraska act, nebraska came in as a ____ state
pro and anti slavery
in the 1854 kansas nebraska act, kansas was settled by both ____ and _____ people
bloody kansas
during the 1854 kansas nebraska act, a war would break out between kansas and nebraska which became known as “_________”
fugitive slave act
which act was this: ensured slave owners that they could reclaim their slaves if they escaped to a free state
john brown
who was a white antislavery person who killed pro slavery people to protest his hatred of slavery
kansas
john brown started his work in _____ at harpers ferry
uncle tom’s cabin
during the election of 1860, “_________” by harriet beecher stowe would start the spark of the civil war
sectionalism
_____ is when the US would be divided into separate ways of thinking
republican
in the election of 1860, antislavery people started the _____ party; this party did not exist in la
slavery
in the election of 1860, all candidates were split over the _____ issue
abraham lincoln
in 1860, ____ would become our next president and the issue over slavery would divide the democratic party
states rights and slavery
______ and _____ were the two biggest reasons for the civil war
north
the _____ (north or south) felt that states had no constitutional right to leave the union
south
the _____ (north or south) felt that states should be able to leave the union
south
the ____ (north or south) felt if there was a war, that it would be a quick and fast victory for them
north
the _____ (north or south_ had more soldiers and the factories to make weapons and supplies quickly
tariffs
if la would secede, it would lose the ____ on their sugar business from the north
south carolina
__________ would secede first on 12/20/1860 (december 20)
january 26, 1861
la would secede on _____
US mint
la would take over $600,000 from the ______ in New Orleans
fort jackson and fort st. phillip
la governor thomas moore would seize which two forts below new orleans?
weapons arsenal
thomas moore also took over the _______ in Baton Rouge
confederate
la would soon join the _____ states of america
jefferson davis
when la joined the confederate states of america, their president would be_____
judah benjamin
who would be called the “brains of the confederacy”
john slidell
who tried to get the european countries to help the confederates
braxton bragg, leonidas polk, richard taylor, and pgt beauregard
who were the 4 key generals la gave to the civil war
sumter
the civil war started on april 12, 1861 at fort ____ in south carolina
battle of shiloh
which battle was the 1st bloodiest battle for la troops
25,000
how many casualties were in the battle of shiloh
disease
during the battle of shiloh, ____ would kill many before they ever left to fight
supplies and food
during the battle of shiloh, lack of ____ and _____ were constant problems for the soldiers
bounty
confederates would pay a ____- a one time fee for soldiers to enlist
draft
after the battle of shiloh started, they used the ______ law
required any man of a certain age to enlist in the military
what was the draft law
substitute clause
the draft law had a ____- allowing a man to take someone’s place in the war
slaves
you were able to be exempt from fighting (in the draft law) if you owned 20 or more ____
rich mans war and a poor mans fight
soldiers called the civil war “______”
weapons, uniforms and medical supplies
some la factories started making ____, ______ and _______ during the civil war
salt
____ became very valuable in la during the civil war
factories
many women started working in ____ during the civil war
