Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Missouri Compromise |
Missouri enetered the Union as slave state; Maine entered the Union as a free state |
|
|
Compromise of 1850 |
California entered the Union as a free state. Southwest territories would decide the slavery issue for themsleves. |
|
|
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
People in each state would decide the slavery issue ("popular sovereignty"). |
|
|
North |
-Favored tariffs - Against slavey -Nation can't be divided -Central government supreme -Industrial -Urban/Cities |
|
|
South |
-Against tariffs -Depended on slavery -Can leave the Union -States' Rights -Agricultural/Farming -Rural/Country |
|
|
Abraham Lincoln |
President of the United States, Issued the Emancipation Proclamation, delivered the Gettysburg Address, believed the US was one nation and not just a collection of states, and was determined to preserve the Union, by force if necessary |
|
|
Jefferson Davis |
President of the Confederate States of America |
|
|
Ulysses S. Grant |
General of the Union Army |
|
|
Robert E. Lee |
Leader of the Army for the Confederacy, offered comand of the Union forces but chose not to fight against Virginia, opposed secession but didn't think the Union should be held together by force, and urged southerners to accept defeat and reunite as Americans at the end of the war |
|
|
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
Skilled Confederate general from Virginia |
|
|
Federick Douglas |
Former slave/abolitionist |
|
|
Clara Barton |
Civil War nurses/founded the Red Cross |
|
|
Robert Smalls |
Union naval captain, Congressman after the war |
|
|
South Secession |
because Lincoln was elected President |
|
|
Fort Sumter |
First shots fired of the Civil War (South) |
|
|
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas |
First major battle |
|
|
Battle of Vicksburg |
Split the south in two and gave the Union control of Mississippi River |
|
|
Battle of Gettysburg |
Turning point battle, fought for control of the high ground, and only time Lee invaded the north |
|
|
Appomatox Courthouse |
Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 |
|
|
Union Strategy |
Capture Richmond, blockade southern ports, and control the Mississippi River |
|
|
Emancipation Proclamation |
Issued by Lincoln, freed the slaves in the south |
|
|
Border States |
states with slavery that remained in the Union (Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware) |
|
|
Which Two Cities Were Burned At The End Of The Civil War |
Richmond and Atlanta |
|
|
How Much Was Confederate Money Worth At The End Of The War |
Worthless |
|
|
Which Side Did African Americans Fight On |
Both |
|
|
What Was The Major Kill During The Civil War |
Disease |
|
|
Richmond |
Capital of the Confederacy |
|
|
Washington DC |
Capital of the Union (United States) |
|
|
West Virginia |
Became a state during the Civil War because the western counties of Virginia did NOT want to secede from the Union |
