The Civil War
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| Assassinated President Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth
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| Name given to the people who moved to the south to make money from reconstruction | Carpetbaggers
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| President of the Confederate States of America | Jefferson Davis
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| General of the U.S. Army, later president | Ulysses S. Grant
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| General of the Confederate States of America | Robert E. Lee
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| President of the United States during the Civil War | Abraham Lincoln
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| The name for the time period of rapid industrial growth | Industrial Revolution
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| A war within one country-one side fights against the other | Civil War
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| Advantages of North | More people-more soldiers
Leadership of Lincoln
More ships-controlled shipping
More factories-convert for war
More railroads
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| Disadvantages of North | Not fighting for a "cause"
Generals not aggressive
Fighting far from home
3,500 mile coastline to blockade
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| Advantages of South | Fighting for a cause
Outstanding generals
Fighting on home ground
Rural lifestyle-riding and hunting
Cotton sold for weapons
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| Disadvantages of South | Few industries
Fewer men-fewer soldiers
Leadership of Jefferson Davis
No real navy
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| Border between Maryland and Pennsylvania-separates free states from the slave states | Mason-Dixon Line
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| Capital of the Confederacy of America (CSA) | Richmond, VA
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| Capital of the United States of America (USA) | Washington D.C.
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| South Carolina-first battle of the Civil War-C.S.A captures the fort | Fort Sumter
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| Stopped Lee's invasion of the north-gave Lincoln the pooprtunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation-Bloodiest Battle in Military History | Antietam
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| Turning point of the Civil War-Union victory | Battle of Gettysburg
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| Iron clad warships-wooden ships are obsolete-battle ended in a draw | Monitor (USS) and Merimack (CSS)
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| Union victory-Union controls the Mississippi River-cuts the Confederacy in half | Battle of Vicksburg
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| General William T. Sherman-path of destruction through Georgia | Sherman's March to the Sea
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| Theater where Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth | Ford's Theater
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| Site of Robert E. Lee's surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant | Appotomax Courthouse
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| Immediate cause of the Civil War | Election of Abraham Lincoln
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| Other causes of the Civil War | South seceded from the union
Sectionalism
States' rights
Economic differences between the north and south-industrial revolution
Plantation economics-need for slaves
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| Immediate result of the Civil War | Nation is reunited
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| Other results of the Civil War | South is devastated-reconstruction
Abolition of slavery
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| Dates of the Civil War | 1861-1865
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| Missouri was admitted to the US as a slave state and Maine was a free state to keep the slave and non slave states balanced | Missouri Compromise
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| Book written by Harriett Beecher Stowe-described slavery-motivated people to become abolitionists | Uncle Tom's Cabin
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| People who wanted to abolish (end) slavery | Abolitionist
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| Blocking shops from entering ports | Blockade
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| Independent shop owners who try to get supplies past a blockade | Blockade Runners
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| Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri | Border States
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| A person who is NOT part of the military | Civilian
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| Defeat one area, then defeat another, etc. | Divide and Conquer
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| To bring an elected official to trial for misconduct or a crime | Impeachment
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| A group trying to stop the civil rights of former slaves (Ex. right to vote) | Ku Klux Klan
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| The military helps with law enforcement | Martial Law
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| Love for and loyalty to your country (patriotism) | Nationalism
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| Rebuilding the south after the Civil War | Reconstruction
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| Loyalty and concern for a small part of a country | Sectionalism
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| Tax on imported goods | Tariff
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| Underground railroad | A series of hideouts that helped runaway slaves escape to Canada
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