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Civil War Concepts

Civil War Concepts from Journal

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Who invented the steel-tilled plow? John Deere
Who sets the rules for baseball? Alexander Cartwright
Where does the world's first public railroad open? England
Who provides the labor for factories? immigrants
What is the northern economy based upon? industry
What is the movement called when people start to speak about their working conditions? Labor Movement
What do they try to do during the Labor Movement? get kids out of the workplaces
What kind of groups form during the Labor Movement? labor unions
What is the south? cotton kingdom
Where is most of the cotton going? England
Who do we give credit to for bringing cotton into factories? Eli Whitney
Why aren't there many factories in the South? lack of capital
Where does the South get their manufactured products? North, England
Why didn't most of the South have slaves? Still fought for the institution they believed in
Why did the slave codes get more severe? slave rebellions
When was the Civil War? 1861-1865
Who wanted complete abolition and thought slavery was a sin? William Lloyd Garrison
Who was president for most of the 30s? FDR
Who was the spokesman for the South and where was he from? John C. Calhoun; SC
What was the dividing line between the North and the South? Ohio River
Where was Lincoln from? Kentucky
What did Lincoln call for? restriction on slavery
What was the last straw for the South? Lincoln's election
What did Lincoln want to do that made the South mad? get rid of slavery
What were people from Kansas called who supported freedom? J-Hawks
What did Kansas become known because of its bloody fights? Bleeding Kansas
Who didn't really support secession, but was from the South? Jefferson Davis
Who was the VP of the Confederacy? Alexander Stevenson
What made Harriet Beecher Stowe so distinct? she was a Northerner
Who was the Great Compromiser? Henry Clay
Which compromise kept us from the Civil War for 10 years? Compromise of 1850
What event reopens the issue of slavery? Dred Scott Decision
Where was Robert E. Lee from? Virginia
Who was Lincoln's first choice for general of the Union Army? Who did he then resort to? Lee; McClellan
In the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack, which was the Confederate ship? Which had the better design? Merrimack; Monitor
What was a con for the Monitor? close to the water
Who won the battle between the two ironclads? Confederacy
What was the first combat submarine during the Civil War? Hunley
What was the Gettysburg Address dedicate the battlefield to? graveyard
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam? he wanted to issue it after a victory
Name 2 states that didn't join the Confederacy, but were slave states. Missouri & Kentucky
What happened in the year 1876? 100 year mark & presidential election
What were the terms of the Ten Percent Plan? 10% of the state's white males swore loyalty, they could rejoin the Union
What did the Radical Republicans want to do to the south? punish them and treat them like a conquered nation
What happens to Booth after he shoots Lincoln? jumps off stage, breaks his leg, gets caught and is shot and buried secretly
What do the black codes do? put slaves back to bondage
What did the KKK really want to do to the blacks? stop them from voting
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