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McGrath US Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | When you are loyal to one section or region of the country instead of to the whole |
| Union | the entire country (as a whole); or the North during the war |
| Confederacy | The Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own country it was called this |
| Casualties | people injured or killed in a war |
| Slave codes | Laws in the SOuth before the Civil War that keep slaves from escaping (ex: can't teach slaves to read/write or can't travel out of plantation w/out pass) |
| Cash crop | plant that is grown a lot and makes a lot of money (ex: cotton) |
| Fugitive | A person who is running away, trying not to get caught (ex: UGRR passengers) |
| Secession | means to break away from or no longer be a part of |
| Border states | states that have slavery but remain with the Union (MD, DE, KY, MO) |
| Abolitionist | someone who wants to end slavery (either gradually or ASAP) |
| Civil War | war between people of the same country |
| Blockade | Using your ships to surround the enemy, cutting off supplies and trade (Ex: anaconda plan) |
| Emancipate | to set free; freedom |
| Mason-Dixon Line | imaginary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, separating slave from free states prior to the Civil War |
| Cottonocracy | Highest class in Southern society, grow cotton and own lots of slaves, have lots of power |
| Underground Railroad | secret network to help slaves escape North |
| Total warfare | Strategy used in war to destroy the enemy's ability to wage warfare (ex: burning towns, crops, supplies, harming civilians) |
| Abe Lincoln | President of the Union; did not want slavery to extend into the territories |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the CSA: had military experience |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ran against Lincoln for IL Senate 1858; he won; came up with pop. sov. |
| Frederick Douglass | former slave, abolitionist, started newspaper The North Star |
| William Lloyd Garrison | white abolitionist; started the paper called The Liberator |
| General Robert E. Lee | main general for the CSA; considered the best;surrenders to Grant at the end of the war |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | Union general; won control of the Mississippi River and took over as lead general |
| General Stonewall Jackson | Southern general; got his name from the Battle of Bull Run;killed by his own men on accident |
| General Sherman | Northern general; uses total warfare to win the war |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | wrote the book Uncle Tom's cabin about the horrors of slavery |
| Dred Scott | slave that sued for his freedom but lost in famous Supreme Court case |
| South's cash crops | Cotton and rice |
| North vs South- population | North has great population; almost half of South's population is slaves |
| North vs. South- Economy | North has more factories, railroads, and telegraphs; South has money in slaves and land |
| Compromise of 1850 | solution to solve slavery debate; California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave Law |
| Fugitive Slave Law | part of the Compromise of 1850; says everyone in the US has to help catch runaway slaves or fined/jailed |
| Names for the Union | Union, USA, Federals, Yankees |
| Names for the South | Confederacy, CSA, Rebels, Butternuts |
| Advantages of the North | greater population, more industry, technology, and transportation |
| Disadvantages of the North | needed better generals; less morale because trying to just bring South back into the North |
| Advantages of the South | fighting to protect and defend their homeland and way of life; lots of soldiers have more experience riding horses and shooting guns; best generals |
| Disadvantages of the South | Does not have Abe Lincoln and not as much industry |
| Strategy of the North | Blockade the South (anaconda plan) attack the South to bring them back into the Union |
| Strategy of the South | Defend itself and hope the North gets tired |
| Capital of North | Washington, D.C. |
| Capital of South | Richmond, Virginia |
| Prez of the North | Abe Lincoln |
| Prez of the South | Jefferson Davis |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | novel written about slavery and how bad it was; author was Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Lincoln-Douglas debates | Series of 7 debates in IL for the Senate race in 1858; Douglas wins; main debate is over slavery |
| Dred Scott Supreme Court Case | Dred Scott sues for his freedom, arguing he lived in a free area with his master; supreme court says he is property and not a citizen |
| Election of 1860 | Abe Lincoln wins; 4 candidates run for the office; causes South to secede after he's elected |
| Emancipation Proclamation | document by Lincoln; changes the meaning of the war; frees the slaves in the CSA (and not the border states) |
| Gettysburg Address | speech by Lincoln to honor and remember those who fought at Gettysburg; encouraged soldiers to keep fighting for the cause |
| Major technology advances during the war that helped the North win the war | railroad, telegraph |
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