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cultural

relating to the arts, manners, and values of a society
urban
of or like the city
agricultural
production of crops and livestock
unavoidable
certain to happen, unpreventable
tariffs
taxes on goods brought in or sent out to other countries
manufacturing
the making of goods by labor or machinery on a large scale
proclamation
the act of announcing or declaring in an official manner
popular sovereignty
the people are free to choose an issue by majority or popular vote
secession
to withdraw formally from the union
topography
the surface features of the land
blockade
to surround or block an area with s hips
discrimination
to favor for or against a person or thing on the basis of a certain group or class
critical
significant, very important
harsh
hard, brutal, cruel
devastated
destroyed, upset, overwhelmed
combat
a fight or battle
brutal
rough, harsh, cruel
collapse
a sudden, complete failure
sectional tension
a strained or stressed relationship between different parts of a nation
segregation
having different facilities or groups based on one characteristic
amendment
a change or addition to the constitution
emancipation
to set or make free
North or South: though tariffs protected business and factory workers
north
North or South: afraid England would stop buying cotton if tariffs were added
south
North or South: small villages and plantations
south
North or South: Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas
south
North or South: anti-slavery
north
North or South: urban
north
North or South: manufacturing region
north
North or South: favored tariffs
north
North or South: strong central government
north
North or South: pro-slavery
south
North or South: rural
south
North or South: agricultural society
south
North or South: opposed to tariffs
south
North or South: states’ rights
south
North or South: the nation was one and could not be divided
north
North or South: states had freely created the union and could freely leave
south
North or South: known as the Union
north
North or South: known as the Confederacy
south
North or South: Michigan, Illinois, New York, New Hampshire
north
List the border states.
Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, West Virginia
Which side thought that the national government’s power was supreme?
north
Which side thought they had the power to declare a national law illegal?
south
What formed when the counties of Virginia refused to secede from the Union?
West Virginia
Define a border state.
a state that had slavery but refused to secede
Which compromise divided the Louisiana Purchase?
Missouri Compromise
When did the southern states secede from the Union?
after Lincoln’s election to the presidency
Which compromise let the southwest territories decide whether they were slave or free?
Compromise of 1850
Describe popular sovereignty.
People get to vote on an issue and the majority wins.
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 the territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Who was the general of the Union army?
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 that 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 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?
Abraham Lincoln
Who believed the United States was one nation and not a collection of independent states?
Abraham Lincoln
Who defeated Lee at Appomattox?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was a skilled Confederate general from Virginia?
Stonewall Jackson
After the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, what did many freed slaves do?
join the Union Army
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
First Battle of Manassas or Bull Run
The signing of what made freeing the slaves a new focus of the war?
Emancipation Proclamation
What battle divided the South?
Vicksburg
During what major battle did the North repel Lee’s invasion?
Gettysburg
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the Civil War?
Appomattox
What month, day, and year did Lee surrender?
April 8, 1865
List three Southern port cities that faced a Union blockade during the Civil War.
Charleston, SC, New Orleans, LA, and Savannah, GA
During what battle did the North gain control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
What river did the North gain in the Battle of Vicksburg?
Mississippi
What battle began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
During what battle did control of the high ground influence the outcome?
Gettysburg
What was the capital city of the Union?
Washington D.C.
What was the capital city of the Confederacy?
Richmond, VA
What happened to Richmond and Atlanta during the war?
They were burned.
Which side tried to enlist African American sailors early in the war?
Union
What was combat like during the Civil War?
brutal and man-to-man
What was Clara Barton known for creating?
American Red Cross
Which troops became increasingly younger and poorly equipped and clothed as the war went on?
Confederate
Who was a Union naval sailor turned captain who was honored for his bravery and heroism during the Civil War?
Robert Smalls
Who was the Civil War nurse who later 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 and farms in the South?
women
What was the number one killer during the Civil War?

disease