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US History Chap. 13
The Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was America often called during the Civil War period? | the Union |
| Why did slavery disappear in the North? | Because they could not afford it. They could only keep small farms and couldn't provide cheap shelter in the cold climate. |
| What were the South's two main crops? | Tobacco and Cotton |
| Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
| Why was the cotton gin such a help to Southern farmers? | It didn't take as long to separate seeds from cotton. This made it a lot cheaper to make a lot more, so they needed a lot more workers to plant a bunch more fields. |
| What two states were brought into the Union under the terms of the Missouri Compromise? Which was slave and which was free? | Missouri - slave Maine - free |
| Who was elected President in 1860? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Why did the South dislike Lincoln? | He wanted the states to stay together and he didn't like slavery. |
| Which state left the Union first? Name the other six states that left the Union. What name did the Southern states choose for their new nation? | South Carolina left first. Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas They called themselves the Confederate States of America. |
| Who was Jefferson Davis? | The President of the Confederacy |
| What were the Northern soldiers called? | Billy Yanks |
| What were the Southern soldiers called? | Johnny Rebs |
| Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? | Fort Sumter |
| How many states made up the Confederacy? | 13 - Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined after Lincoln called for soldiers to fight Confederacy. These states couldn't bear to fight their own Southern neighbors. |
| How many states stayed with the Union? | 22 |
| What did the North set up against the South to weaken it? | a blockade to try to keep foreign supplies from coming in |
| What was the name of the first Southern ironclad ship? What was the name of the first Northern ironclad ship? Which ship won the battle when they fought each other? | South - Merrimac, North - Monitor Neither one won |
| What document issued by Lincoln freed the slaves? | the Emancipation Proclamation |
| What important effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the Civil War? | It stopped Europe from coming to help the South since they already outlawed slavery. |
| Who was General Ulysses S. Grant? | the General of the Union |
| Who was General Robert E. Lee? | the General of the Confederates who had been a General of the Union, but couldn't fight against his home state of Virginia and so joined the Confederacy |
| What was the turning point of the Civil War? | the Battle of Gettysburg |
| What battle put the Mississippi River under Northern control? | the Battle of Vicksburg |
| Which Union General marched his troops to the sea, destroying everything on the way? | General William T. Sherman |
| What was the capital city of the Confederacy? | Richmond, Virginia |
| What was the site of Lee's surrender to Grant? | farmhouse in Appomattax Court House, Virginia |
| What two things did the Civil War make certain? | No state would leave the Union and there would be no slavery |
| Who shot and killed President Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| Who became President after Lincoln's death? | Andrew Johnson |
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