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Unit 3 Study Guide
1.Differences between the North and South led to the Civil War. What were these differences?
North:
South:
Economy:__________________________ Economy:__________________________
Slavery :__________________________ Slavery:__________________________
2. __________means to bring an end to.
3. The Missouri Compromise allowed _______________to enter the Union as a slave state and
_____________to enter as a free state. It also divided the lands from the Louisiana Purchase
into
__________and slave areas.
4. The __________________divided the lands won from Mexico into two territories (New
Mexico and ________________). It also included the __________________Law which said
________ had to be returned back to their owners.
5. The ____________________________ repealed the Missouri Compromise. It said that the
people in Kansas and _______________ could vote to decide if they would become a slave or
free state. This caused fighting to break out and Kansas got the nickname
__________________.
6. __________________tried to sue the court for his freedom. It was ruled that slaves
were__________________ and he was not allowed to sue. This made the north angry and the
south liked the ruling.
7. The ________________________is a system of secret routes to get slaves to the north and
to freedom._________________________was the famous conductor.
8. Harriet Beecher ___________ wrote the book ___________________________. The South
became angry because this book wasn’t __________. The ________________became angry
because _______________were being treated badly.
9. John Brown led the raid at ________________________. His plan was to steal ___________
and give them to the _________________ so they could fight back.
10. State’s rights is the idea that the _____________ have more power than the national
_________________________.
11. ___________________________ became the 16th president of the United States. This
caused________________ states to secede (_______________) from the Union.
12. __________________ was a Union general who captured Atlanta in 1864. He burned and
destroyed cities, farms and industries in Georgia as he marched from Atlanta to Savannah.
13. General ___________________ was Lee’s most gifted general. He helped win many key
battles and earned a nickname for his determination and leadership in battle. He was shot by
friendly fire and died seven days later from complications of pneumonia.
14. __________________ became the first and only president of the Confederate States of
America.
15. Appointed by Lincoln as overall commander of the Union Army during the final months of the
war. ________________accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox courthouse in April 9, 1865.
16. This gifted general commanded the Confederate Army and won many battles in which he
was outnumbered. However he didn’t have enough men or resources to keep fighting.
____________ surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in April, 1865.
17. After _______________ was elected president, seven southern states seceded to form the
________________________________. Lincoln attempted to deliver supplies to a fort in South
Carolina where Union troops remained, but South Carolina troops fired on the supply ship. The
_________ ___ ______ _________ signaled the beginning of the Civil War.
18. Lee led his troops into Pennsylvania, but the Union troops greatly outnumbered them
resulting in a _______ victory and the loss of ⅓ of the Confederate troops. _________________
would be considered the turning point in the _____ ______ as the Southern troops would be
pushed back into Virginia.
19. General Sherman’s troops captured Atlanta, ordering people to leave the city and burning
Atlanta to the ground. After that he and his troops cut a path of destruction from Atlanta to
_________________, burning property and raiding farms all along the way. The significance of
Sherman’s __________ ____ _____ ______ was to destroy everything that could help the
_______ in the war.
20. Some of the effects of the Civil War: The states would be reunited as a country but with
effects on both sides. The __________ prospered (became richer) and industry grew. Slavery
ended in the ____________, which meant there were no workers to help with the crops.
__________ and ___________________ as well as railroads and bridges had been destroyed
by war so the economy suffered. Both the North and the South experienced human suffering
and death.