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Civil War Recap for 4th Period (Who was involved in the Civil War?…
Civil War Recap for 4th Period
Who was involved in the Civil War?
General Robert E. Lee (South)
James Buchanan (North President)(succeeded by abraham)
Abraham Lincoln (North President)
General Uylesses S. Grant (North)
Jefferson Davis (South President)
Harriet Beacher Stowe (author of Tom's Cabin)
Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad)
Mary Todd Lincoln (First Lady)
P.G.T Beauregard (Confederate General)
General George Custer (North)
Stephen A. Douglas (Went up against Lincoln in presidency)
George McClellan (northern soldier)
Sojourner Truth (Rights Activist)
Describe the North (in terms of their army, people, lifestyle).
very industrialized
women had to take over farms and businesses while the men went to war
food and supply shortages and economic struggles
large political battles
they put many southern fugitives into camp in the north which had problems with crowding and disease
both black and white soldiers fought along side eachother
black soldiers faced discrimination
Describe the South (in terms of their army, people, lifestyle).
Army:
-makeshift, untrained
-mostly drafted
People:
-lower class
-slaveholders
-farmers
-republicans
-constantly losing money
-most fights were held in the south
-farmers, poor people
Lifestyle:
Major battles of the Civil War
Gettysburg had the most casualties in the civil war with 51,00 casualties
Gettysburg was also the longest and the boodiest
Battle of fort sumter was the first battle in the civil war
The last battle was fought in Palmito Ranch, Texas
On May 13, 1865
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Why was the Civil War fought?
fought between the union states (northern states)and states of confederacy (southern states)
differences between northern and southern states on an idea of slavery as well as trade, tariffs and state rights
fought between 1861 and 1865
war officially began on April 12, 1861
the official end to it was April 9,1865