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6th grade civil war
Question | Answer |
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Name three causes of the civil war | Slavery , Abraham Lincoln gets elected president , taxes on goods |
Name one strength of the North | They had factories , money , trained soldiers |
Name one strength of the South | They knew there land better , they were defending there own land |
Name the eleven confederate states | Virginia ,Tennessee , North and South Carolina , Mississippi ,Alabama , Georgia , Texas , Arkansas , Louisiana |
Nickname for the Confederate soldiers | Rebels |
Nickname for the Union soldiers | Yankees |
Where and when did the civil war begin | FT. Sumter , South Carolina , April 12 , 1861 |
Where was the capital of the United States of America | Washington D. C. |
Where was the capital of Confederate States of America | 1st Montgomery ,Al and 2nd Richmond , Virginia |
Name one difference in the constitution of the United States of America and confederate States of America | U can own slaves , presidents could only serve 1 term 6 years |
What was the 1st state to secede | South Carolina |
Harriot B. Stowe | Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin about slavery |
John Brown | Abolitionists who led a raid at Harper's Ferry |
Abraham Lincoln | President of the USA |
Jefferson Davis | President of the CSA |
Robert E. Lee | General for Confederates for the South |
Ulysses S. Grant | General for Union for the North |
Stonewall Jackson | Stood like a stone wall , General for the CSA , very brave |
Farragut | A union navy officer who won at the battle New Orleans |
Sherman | A union general who destroyed Atlanta and Savanna |
Pickett | A confederate general who led the march at Gettysburg |
Bull Run | The first official battle of the civil war |
Pittsburg Landing | Was fought near a church |
Antietam | Bloodiest day of the civil war |
Vicksburg | The union cut off the confederate supplies |
Gettysburg | Turning point of the war |
What was the purpose of the emancipation proclamation and when it was written | Abe Lincoln said slaves in the South should be free and it was in 1862 |
When was the Gettysburg Address given and by whom | Abe Lincoln wrote it in 1863 |
Describe how the civil war ended | At Vicksburg , Grant's army cut off the CSA's supply and had to Surrender . 2 years later , Lee's army was too small and he had To surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse , April 9,1865 |