HPMS Unit 8: Civil War Knowt

Slavery, Economy, Constitution, Environment, Differences (Cultural), Election of Lincoln

What are the six issues that divided the nation prior to the Civil War? (SECEDE)

Industry, factories, manufacturing

What did the economy of the North rely on?

Plantations and farms that grew cash crops

What did the economy of the South rely on?

tariffs

What economic issue divided the North and South?

Necessary for the economy

What was the South's position on slavery?

States had the right to leave the Union and ignore federal laws

Why did the Southern states think they had the right to secede?

Made Missouri a slave state, and Maine a free state

What was the Missouri Compromise?

To keep the balance of free and slave states equal in Congress

Why was the Missouri Compromise passed?

Fugitive Slave Act, California a free state, allow the southwest to vote to determine slavery issue, slave trade banned in DC

What were the four provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

Popular sovereignty: Allowed people in each territory to decide the slavery issue.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?

Let the people decide

What does "popular sovereignty" mean?

South Carolina

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

Kentucky

Which state did not secede from the Union: Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, or Arkansas?

Maine

Which state stayed in the Union: Maine, Virginia, Alabama, or Louisiana?

Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware

What are the four border states?

Had slaves but did not leave the Union

What is a border state?

confederacy

What term is not associated with the North? (confederacy, union, blue uniforms, USA)

Confederate States of America

What is another name for the South?

Lincoln

Who was President of the US during the Civil War?

Jefferson Davis

Who was President of the Confederate States of America?

Lincoln

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation?

Gettysburg Address

What document contains the line "government of the people, by the people, for the people"?

Made freeing the slaves the focus of the War

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Union general who defeated Lee

Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Urged Southerners to accept defeat after the war and rejoin the Union, Confederate General

Who was Robert E. Lee?

Battle of Manassas

At what battle did Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson receive his nickname?

Robert Smalls

Who was the African-American slave that became a hero and Union Navy Captain, and later a US Congressman after the war?

Clara Barton

What woman became a Civil War nurse and became known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"?

Ulysses Grant

What Union soldier became General of all the Union armies, defeated Lee, and later became the 18th President of the USA?

Capitals

Virginia was the site of many Civil War battles because each side wanted to capture the other's___________.

Appomattox Court House

At what event did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

Ft. Sumter

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Vicksburg

What battle divided the Confederacy in two parts and allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River?

Gettysburg

What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

US Navy stopped ships from entering and exiting southern ports like Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans

What was the Union blockade of the South?

Control of high ground

What was the most important factor in who won Civil War Battles?

Ft. Sumter, Bull Run, Emancipation Proclamation, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Surrender at Appomattox

What is the correct order for the six key Civil War events?

Confederate money was worthless

At the end of the Civil War, the banking system in the South was ruined. What was a major result of this event?

South destroyed by end of war, discrimination, against African Americans, Confederate money useless, disease killed more soldiers than battles, families and friends fought against each other

List three effects of the Civil War.

1. Served in segregated unit 2. Had to serve under white officers

List two examples of discrimination against African Americans in the Civil War.