history finals

who where the three main civilians during war time?

Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe

What was the major cause of death in the civil war?

Disease

why was the congress able to approve the the 13th Amendment during this war?

There congress was gone and the Republicans were able to pass the legislation more easily.

What affect might the "Scott's Great Snake" have effect on the south?

This could devastate their economy and their ability to wage war.

Appomattox Court House

Where confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army.

Antietam

deadliest day in America history and strategic Union victory

Bull run

first major conflict and showed the Union that the war would not be easily won.

Fort Sumter

first shots were fired here when Lincoln sent ships with food to feed the hungry men.

what where two things that were excepted of these Americans who took Mexican land.

learn Spanish, become catholic, don't bring slaves.

What European power colonized this area?

Spain

How long did the Civil War last?

4 years

Who was the American President when Texas gained their independence?

Andrew Jackson

How did the battle at the Alamo rally Americans to Texas' cause?

It was a 13-day holdout and Americans fighting in Texas were very outnumbered. Mexico won the battle but slaughtered the Americans.

in 1823 why did Stephen Austin lead 300 American families into Mexico land?

Mexico wanted people to move there to keep their claim on the region.

What country was Texas originally apart of?

Mexico/Spain

President Andrew Jackson did not want to annex Texas because he knew it would divide the nation. why did he thing this?

Northerners were against adding Texas since they thought it would just be another slave state.

What caused the war to breakout between Texans and Mexico?

Texan settlers were former Americans and quickly linked the tyranny of the Mexican government with the colonial struggle from Britain.

What is "Scott's Great Snake"?

The Blockade that the Union set around the south.

Which side suffered the heavier casualties [death's] and why?

The North, because the side of their army was much larger.

why did Texans want to be annexed by the U.S?

The fear was that Mexico would come after Texas again to re-admit it into the country, and they wanted the backing of the US army.

During "Scott's Great Snake" What aspect of the South's economy would make this effective?

The south had little industry or factories to produce bullets, canons, guns, ect

Gettysburg

The turning point of the war in 1863 that made it clear that the Union would win.

Why is Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

This was the point that the south would advanced furthest, It was clear the south would loose because of the larger size of the union army

who were the three main generals during the war?

Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Stonewall Jackson

Vicksburg

Union Victory in Mississippi that split the Confederacy in two.