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young school teacher from Massachusetts who invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

What is a cotton gin?

a machine which removed the seeds quickly and greatly increased the speed of harvesting cotton

What was a valuable crop to the South?

cotton

secret network that helped slaves from the South escape

Underground Railroad

people who helped the slaves escape using the Underground Railroad

conductors

hiding places for the slaves in the Underground railroad

stations

One of the most famous escaped slaves from Maryland

Harriet Tubman

a decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument

compromise

the name of the people who worked to worked to free slaves

abolitionists

The 16th President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln

What did Lincoln believe about slavery

he opposed slavery and hoped to see it die out

What States were included in the South

South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia

The South formed their own nation. What was it called?

Confederate States of America

Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

When did the war begin?

When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

Who won the first battle of the Civil War?

Confederates

an outspoken and active opponent of slavery and he helped Lincoln recruit blacks for the war

Frederick Douglas

What was the North called during the Civil War?

Union

What was the nickname for the Union? What color was their uniforms?

Yankees, Blue

What was the South called during the Civil War?

Confederate

What color was the Confederate uniform?

gray

How many states were with the Confederate? How many with the Union?

11 states. 22 states

What did Lincoln due to stop the South from trading with Europe?

He sent Union ships to block all major seaports

a shop made out of iron and steel

ironclad ships

The Confederate ship?

Memimac

The Union ship?

Monitor

announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any states that were fighting against the North

Emancipation Proclamation

What did the 13 Amendment do?

gave all slaves in the U.S. and her territories their freedom

Black courageous Union soldier that rescued the "Stars and Stripes" during Battle of Fort Wagner

William Harvey Carney

leader of the Union army

Ulysses S. Grant

head of Confederate army

Robert E Lee

Lincoln's most valuable general

Ulysses S. Grant

What was Grant known as?

"Unconditional Surrender" Grant

one of the greatest military heroes of the Civil War and one of the greatest general of all time? What was his nickname?

Jackson. Stonewall Jackson

first battle of the Civil War

Fort Sumter

What battle earned Jackson his nickname?

Battle of Bull Run