Civil War Unit TEST Review
Fort Sumter
Caused the Civil War to start
Rose greenhow
Confederate spy
Underground Railroad
Stations and conductors assisted in helping slaves to escape
what disadvantages did Scott's Great Snake have for the Confederacy
They wouldn't see it coming, it would leave them disorganized, isolated,and no alternate plan but to agree to the terms of the Union
Slavery
called the "peculiar institution"
economy in the south was based on
industry
Nat turner
led a violent slave rebellion in 1831
Jefferson davis
president of the confederate states of America
slave code
requirement to return runaway slaves
Harriet tubman
A famous Underground Railroad conductor
Clara Barton
A famous civil war nurse that later founded the Red Cross
Casualty
A military person lost through death, injury, or capture
The 13th amendment states that...
Abolishing slavery
Joshua Chamberlain
Accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox; Became a US president
economy in the North was based on
Alguculture
when was Abraham Lincoln assassinated
April 15,1865 Peterson house Washington DC
Northwest ordinance
Banned slavery north and west of the Ohio river
Bentonville
Bloodiest battle in North Carolina
Antietam
Bloodiest single-day battle
Blockade Runner
Boats that kept the confederates supplied
Bull run/Manassas
First major battle of the civil war
Emancipation proclamation
Freed slaves in the confederate states
Appomattox Court House
General Lee surrenders to General Grant
2 services provided by the Freedmen's Bureau
Hospitals and schools
Robert E. Lee
Led the confederate army through most of the civil war
John Brown
Led to raids on pro-slavery forces in Kansas and Virginia
the advantages that the union had in the civil was was...
Man power and resources
Zebulon Vance
Nc governor credited with keeping NC supplied
Fort Fisher
Nc port the remained open longer than any other port
4 confederate states are...
North Carolina, south carolina, Georgia, flordia
Reconstruction
Period of rebuilding after the Civil War
Andrew Johnson
President of the US after Lincoln's assassination
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pro-abolition book written before the war started
Dred Scott
Slave who sued for his freedom; Led to the supreme court decision that slaves were considered property, not citizens
fugitive slave law
Southern laws that prepared enslaved people from voting or meeting in large groups
Which Side had a greater population?
The North
Which side wanted Robert E. Lee as their leader but failed
The North
Where were most of the battles fought
The South
Which side wanted to form an independent country
The South
Scott's Great Snake represents what battles strategy
The Union made it up during the Civil War, planning federal attacks along the mississippi in order to split up the Confederacy
Abolition
The ending of slavery
Gettysburg
Turning point of the Civil War
James K. Polk
US president that added more territory to the US than any other president
William T. Sherman
Union general known for his destructive march from Atlanta to the sea
"Bleeding Kansas"
Violent fighting over the entrance of a state led to this nickname
2 boarder states are...
Virgina and Tennesse
the result of the Emancipation Proclamation, who was able to join the military(the northern military)
slaves(they joined because the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in confederate states, so they wanted to thank them by fighting with the union military and their freedom)
secession
the withdraw of southern states from the union
the advantages that the confederate had in the civil war was...
they were fighting on their own territory
Ulysses S. Grant
union commander that saved Little Round Top
arsenal
weapons depot
