| A | B |
|---|
| years of the Civil War | 1861-1865 |
| Confederacy | South |
| Union | North |
| abolitionist | wanted to do away with slavery |
| lives lost in Civil War | approx. 618,000 |
| number of states in Union | 22 |
| number of states in Confederacy | 11 |
| Mason-Dixon Line | separated North from South |
| Northern states | more industry |
| Southern | mainly farming |
| William Lloyd Garrison | newspaper editor who was an abolitionist |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| John Brown | abolitionist, captured arsenal at Harper's Ferry, was put to death |
| secession | breaking away |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederacy |
| Abraham Lincoln | president of the Union |
| Richmond, VA | capital of the Confederacy |
| April 12, 1861 | first shots of Civil War fired at Fort Sumter |
| General P.T. Beauregard | Confederate general at Fort Sumter |
| Confederates attack Fort Sumter | marked beginning of Civil War |
| Abraham Lincoln | U.S. president who believed U.S. was 1 nation and should not be divided |
| Southerners | believed states had freely joined Union and thought they could freely leave it |
| First Battle of Manassas or Bull run | first major battle of Civil War;gave North control of Mississippi River |
| Southerners | opposed tariffs because they thought it would cause price of manufactured goods to increase |
| Battle of Gettysburg | North fought off Lee's invasion; marked turning point of the war |
| Appomattox Court House | place where Lee surrendered to Grant |
| disease | major cause of death during Civil War |
| 14th amendment | grants citizenship to all persons born in U.S. and guarantees them equal protection under the law |
| 13th amendment | bans slavery |
| 15th amendment | ensures all citizens the right to vote regardless of race or color or previous condition |
| carpetbaggers | took advantage of South during reconstruction and were resented by Southerners |
| Harriet tubman, Frederick Douglass, William Llyod Garrison | abolitionist leaders |
| North | mainly urban society in which people hold jobs |
| South | primarily an agricultural society in which people lived on farms and plantations |
| Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony | women who led suffrage movement |
