US Civil War

why did harriet beecher stowe write uncle tom's cabin?

His greatest contribution was the publication of the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville -APEX

Second Bull Run (Manassas)

Chickamauga

The Union was closer to controlling the Mississippi.

Cutting taxes for landowners

To prevent the South exporting its cotton in exchange for war supplies.

It was the North's effort to stop any foreign aid to the South.

Leaders in the North disagreed about the terms of Reconstruction.

Blockade-running was done by British private citizens.

took members away from the major parties

reunite the South with the North quickly.

Free African Americans feared being sent to prison.

General William Techumseh Sherman

Trained militias

It helped the Union gain control of the Mississippi river.

President Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee and liked the South.