What Really Happened Before The Civil War?

Even before the Civil War, people were revolting about slavery Gabriel Prosser, a literate slave, organized a rebellion in 1800, located in West Virginia However, his uprising was delayed and Gabriel was caught, then hanged

A Nom-de-guerre is a name given to someone in battle The Civil War gave some people nom-de-guerres that are very well-known After refusing to retreat, Thomas Jackson was given the name, "Stonewall Jackson," for staying put like a stone wall.

The USS Monitor was one of the first ironclads during the Civil War An ironclad is a warship protected with iron or armor; these were often used in the war The Monitor sank while creating a blockade in Charleston, South Carolina around 1862

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President
A kepi is a hat with a flat top in a circular shape and a visor Kepis were worn by the Union soldiers Although Confederates sometimes wore forage caps, they would also wear kepis

John Brown was a Northern abolitionist who perpetrated an slavery revolt He raided Harper's Ferry for weapons and gave them to slaves in hopes of leading an attack on slaveowners Brown was defeated by a group of US Marines, but the South viewed the revolt as an act of terrorism

Insurrection means rebellion or refusing obedience The Civil War was all about insurrection because the South was rebelling against the North and seceding from the nation The North was rebelling against the concept of slavery Slaves were rebelling in the South and opposing slavery, demonstrating insurrection

Even though the Union won, they still had many deaths Overall, there were about 620, 000 soldiers who died in battle In the South, 359,528 died in total In the North, 258,000 died in total

July 1st through July 3rd of 1863, the battle of Gettysburg was fought, which had the most casualties than any other battle in the Civil War It is often described as the turning point of the war The Union were victorious after General Lee attacked unsuccessfully and Pickett's charge
Even before the Civil War, people were revolting about slavery Gabriel Prosser, a literate slave, organized a rebellion in 1800, located in West Virginia However, his uprising was delayed and Gabriel was caught, then hanged

Plantations, with mainly cotton, rubber, sugar cane, tobacco, figs, rice, kapok, sisal, and indigo, used mass production to make money off of a staple crop A staple crop is a crop consumed or needed often Plantations needed many workers to continue producing, pulling, or getting the crop ready for selling, so the majority of slaves worked on plantations

Quakers are members of a religious society called Religious Society of Friends Although the Quakers still exist today, the group was active during the Civil War The society was the first historical organization to ban slaveholding The Quakers also formed abolition societies to increase emancipation

Reconstruction began after the civil war ended President Lincoln stated that the seceded states could rejoin the Union if they took a test of loyalty After Lincoln was assassinated, Andrew Johnson took over and put into place that the any Confederate who took an oath of allegiance amnesty Shortly after Johnson was admitted into office, all eleven states rejoined the