Civil War/Reconstruction

War between people of the same country

• secede

• world war

• civil war

• battle

This was the main economy of the Union

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Shipping

• Trade

This was the main economy of the Confederacy

• Agriculture
• Industy
• Shipping
• Trade

People who worked to end slavery were called:

• abolitionists

• southerners

• scalawags

• carpetbaggers

After ______ became President of the United States in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the Union.

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Monroe

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

• they believed he might one day end slavery, which would threaten their way of life

• they wanted a president who would support the abolition of slavery

• he wanted northern states to secede from the Union

• he had a plan to raise taxes

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CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

To break away from a group

• abolish

• slavery

• sharecrop

• secede

The name given to the northern army. 

• Confederates
• Americans
• Military
• Union

The name given to the southern army.

• Confederates
• Union
• Americans
• Military

The 1^st and only President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Jefferson Davis

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9