US CIVIL WAR Flashcards
What dates
1861-65
How many people died
Over 750,000
Who fought in it
North (union)
South (confederacy)
What party was set up in 1854 that was anti slavery
Republicans
What republican was elected president in 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Who was John brown and what did he do
An abolitionist
Start slave uprising in 1859 but was stopped and hung—became a hero
By feb 1861 how many states has succeeded and what dates were they
7
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
What did the 7 succeeded states do
Formed political group confederacy—its own president who was Jefferson davis
War declared
15 April
Between April 1861 and June how many more states joined confederacy
4
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee
1861 what were black Americans refused
To join union army
What did Lincoln claim
Slavery was nothing to do with civil war
When we’re black Americans allowed to join army
After 1863
but they didn’t get same pay as white soldiers and couldn’t be officers
By 1864 black soldiers did what and won what
They fought and won equal pay in army but they still couldn’t be officers
