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Relating to the arts, manners, and values of a society

cultural
Of or like the city
urban
Production of crops and livestock
agricultural
Certain to happen; unpreventable
unavoidable
Taxes on goods brought in or sent out to other countries
tariff
The making of goods by labor or machinery on a large scale
manufacturing
The act of announcing or declaring in an official manner
proclamation
The people are free to choose the issue of slavery by majority or popular vote
Popular Sovereignty
To withdraw formally from the Union
seceded
The surface features of the land (nature and man-made)
topography
To surround or block an area with ships
blockade
To favor for or against a person or thing on the basis of a certain group or class
discriminated
Significant; very important
critical
Hard; brutal; cruel
harsh
Destroyed; upset; overwhelmed
devastated
To fight or battle
combat
Rough; harsh; cruel
brutal
A sudden, complete failure
collapse
A strained or stressed relationship between different parts of a nation
sectional tension
Having different facilities or groups based on race
segregated
To set or make free
emancipation
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Thought tariffs protected business and factory workers
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Afraid England would not buy cotton from the South if tariffs were added
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: small villages and large plantations
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Ex. Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Anti-slavery
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Urban
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Manufacturing Region
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: favored tariffs
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: strong central government
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Pro-slavery
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: rural
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: agricultural society
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: opposed to tariffs
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: states’ rights
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: the nation was one and could not be divided
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: States had freely created the Union, and could leave
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Known as the Union
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Known as the Confederacy
South
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: Ex. Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Hampshire
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: thought the national government’s power was supreme
North
Issues that divided the Nation—North or South: thought they had the power to declare a national law illegal
South
List the border states.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri
Name a few states that seceded from the Union.
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana, Virginia, Georgia, Texas
What formed when the counties of Virginia refused to secede from the Union?
West Virginia
Define border state.
a slave state that stayed in the Union
Which compromise divided the Louisiana Purchase?
Missouri Compromise
Name a few states in the Union.
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, West Virginia, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin
When did the southern states secede from the Union?
After Abraham Lincoln was elected President
Which compromise let the southwest territories decide whether they were slave or free?
Compromise of 1850
Describe Popular Sovereignty.
The people got to choose the issue of slavery which led to fighting within the state of Kansas
Which compromise in 1820 declared Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state?
Missouri Compromise
Which compromise declared California a free state?
Compromise of 1850
Which compromise allowed the people to decide the issue of slavery and led to “Bleeding Kansas?”
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What compromise declared popular sovereignty and led to fighting within states?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the general of the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was offered command of the Union Army, but chose not to fight against Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the leader of the army of Northern Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Who wrote the Gettysburg Address and said the Civil War was to preserve a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people?”
Abraham Lincoln
Who was opposed to secession, but did not believe the Union should be held together by force?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Who was determined to preserve the Union by force if necessary?
Abraham Lincoln
Who urged a reuniting of Americans after the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
Who believed the U.S. was one nation and not a collection of independent nations?
Abraham Lincoln
Which general defeated Lee at Appomattox?
Ulysses S. Grant
After the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, what did many freed slaves do?
join the Union Army
Who was a skilled Confederate General from Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Where were the first shots fired of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Manassas/Bull Run
The signing of what made freeing of the slaves a new FOCUS for the war?
Emancipation Proclamation
What battle divided the South?
Battle of Vicksburg
During what major battle did the North repel Lee’s invasion?
Battle of Gettysburg
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
What year did the Civil War end?
1865
List 3 Southern port cities that faced a Union blockade during the Civil War.
Savannah, GA; Charleston, SC; New Orleans, LA
During what battle did the North gain control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
List 4 ways location/topography had an influence on the Civil War.
1. Union blockade of Southern port cities 2. Control of the Mississippi River (Vicksburg) 3. Capturing of capital cities 4. Control of high ground
What river did the North gain in the battle of Vicksburg?
Mississippi River
What battle began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
During what battle did the control of high ground influence the outcome?
Battle of Gettysburg
What 2 things influenced critical developments of the Civil War?
Location & Topography
What happened to Richmond and Atlanta toward the end of the war?
they were burned
Which side tried to enlist African-American sailors early in the war?
Union (North)
What was combat like during the Civil War?
BRUTAL (man-to-man)
What was Clara Barton known for creating?
American Red Cross
Which troops became increasingly younger and poorly equipped/clothed as the war went on?
Southern
Who was a Union naval sailor turned captain who was honored for bravery/heroism and became a Congressman after the war?
Robert Smalls
Who was the Civil War nurse who created the American Red Cross?
Clara Barton
Who fought for the Union, were used as cooks and laborers in the South, and were paid less than white soldiers?
African Americans
Who were discriminated against and served in segregated units under the command of white officers?
African Americans
The collapse of the Confederacy made Confederate money _?_.
worthless
Who was left to run businesses in the North & farms in the South?
Women
True/False: Families and friends were often pitted against each other.
TRUE
True/False: Southern troops became increasingly older and better equipped as the war went on.
FALSE—they were increasingly younger and poorly equipped/clothed
The South was devastated at the end of the war—which TWO cities were burned?
Atlanta and Richmond
What was a major killer during the Civil War?

disease