The term "lords of the loom" refers to:
a. an influential 1840s novel about slavery.
b. early new england factory owners.
c. planters who established textile operations on their plantations.
d. preachers who wove heart-wrenching stories of slave suffering into their sermons.
e. master artisans who produced cloth in the south.

Refers to early New England factory owners.

Explanation:

Lords of the Loom is how were called the first owners of cotton factories in the South.

bloodiest single day of war   |   gettysburg

where the civil war ends for good   | appomattox court house

the first major land battle; south wins | bull run/manassas (va)

gives union control of the mississippi river |   vicksburg

lee’s first tactical defeat; big win for union |   fort sumter1

with lincoln's re-election |   atlanta

south wins

splits confederacy in two for the duration of the war,

antietam