Transcript Group 3 ( Hannah, Sydney, Mercer, and Gabby)

By. Gabrielle, Hannah,
Sydney, and Mercer
A is for-Abolitionists
 Abolitionists-people who want to end or abolish
slavery.
 Among the abolitionists were two sisters who grew up in
South Carolina-Angelina and Sarah Grimke.
 Angelina said the abolition of slavery was: “a cause worth
dying for.”
B is for-Bleeding Kansas
 After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, many
Southerners moved to Kansas.
 They came to vote under popular sovereignty.
 Northerner abolitionists responded by moving to
Kansas.
C is for- Civil War
 A civil war is a war among people who live in the same
country.
 Before supplies could arrive, Confederate guns fired on
the fort on April 12, 1861.
 The civil war had begun.
D is for- Debates
 The three-hour debates drew crowds as large as 15,000.
 Debates is a public discussions, on political issues
 The two candidates held seven debates.
E is for- Election of 1860
 In the presidential of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran as
the Republican candidate.
 Stephen Douglas ran as a Democrat.
 Two other candidates also joined the race.
 Only Lincoln took a stand against slavery in the new
territories.
F is for- First shots fired
 In the spring of 1861, Confederate troops seized U.S.
Army arsenals in the South.
 Fort Sumter, an island arsenal in the harbor of
Charleston, South Carolina, refused to surrender.
 The commander asked the federal government for
more supplies and weapons.
G is for-Gettysburg Address
 In November 1863, Lincoln gave a short speech at
Gettysburg to dedicate a cemetery for dead Union
soldiers.
 When he finished, the audience was silent.
 Lincoln thought his speech was a failure.
H is for- Harriet Tubman
 Harriet Tubman, the well-known conductor owned the
Underground Railroad, served the Union as a spy ,
scout, and a nurse.
I is for- Immediate Release
 One abolitionist leader was William Lloyd Garrison of
Massachusetts.
 In 1831 he founded the Liberator, an abolitionist
newspaper.
 In 1833 Garrison founded the American Anti-Slavery
Society.
J is for- John Brown‘s Raid
 For John Brown, there was no compromise on slavery.
 The fierce abolitionist had been a conductor on the
Underground Railroad in New York.
 He was also involved in the violent events in “Bleeding
Kansas.”
K is for- Ku Klux Klan
 Ku Klux Klan terrorized African Americans, driving
them from their homes.
 They used “night raids” and murder to keep African
Americans from voting.
 African Americans working for whites were often told
they would be fired if they voted.
L is for- Lincoln is Shot
 Less than a week, after Lee’s surrender, Lincoln was
watching a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.
 Suddenly gunshot rang out.
 John Wilkes Booth had shot the president.
M is for- Malice
 Malice is the desire to harm.
 “ With malice toward none, with charity with all.”
N is for-Northerners moved
 At the same time, many northerners moved to the
south to start businesses.
 Southerners often called these northerners
“carpetbaggers.”
 Many southerners believed that carpetbaggers were
taking advantage of the south’s suffering.
O is for- Public Opinion
 The Emancipation Proclamation changed ideas about
the reasons for fighting of the Civil War.
 Now the fighting was about more then Southern
Independence or saving the Union.
P is for- Anaconda Plan
 Scott ‘s plan to defeat the south.
 Without trade, the south would be unable to buy
weapons and supplies.
 This would divide the south and prevent Confederates
from using the river to move supplies.
Q is for- Equal Rights
 The 14th amendment said that all African Americans
had equal rights.
R is for- Reconstruction
 Reconstruction means rebuilding the South.
 Before his death, Lincoln created a plan for reconstruction,
or rebuilding the South.
 This government programmed was part of Reconstruction.
 In March 1865, he had signed a bill that created the
Freedmen’s Bureau.
S is for-Segregation
 President Hayes quickly ordered the removal of federal
troops, bringing the end to reconstruction.
 After federal troops left, Southern states began a policy
called segregation.
 Segregation is the separation people based on race.
T is for-Total War
 Some historians call the Civil War the first total war.
 In a total war, each side strikes against the economy
system and civilians of the other.
U is for- USS Monitor
 The Union built the ironclad USS Monitor.
V is for- CSS Virginia
 The Confederates built the first ironclad ship, the CSS
Virginia.
W is for- Head Toward War
 Between 1820 and 1860, no issue divided the U.S. more
than slavery.
 Some people said slavery was morally wrong.
 Others claimed it was necessary to preserve their way.
X is for- Experience
 The north’s generals had more experience.
Y is for- New York’s Railroad
 The fierce abolitionists had been a conductor on the
Underground Railroad in New York.
Z is for-Realized
 By 1862 people on both sides realized the war was
turning to a long, drawn out conflict.