Causes I
Leaders
Causes II
Causes III
War
100
What document guaranteed the rights for southern states to have slavery, signed in 1776?
The Constitution
100
He was the president of the US during the Civil War
Who is Lincoln
100
The Republican Party was born in what WI town?
Ripon
100
Why would many southerners support the Compromise of 1850
provided for the return of fugitive slaves.
100
First battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
200
The Federal government drew a line, north of which would be free, south of which would have slavery. Southern Border of which state
Missouri
200
He was the top general for the Confederate States of America
Who is Robert E Lee
200
What policy said that new states would determine whether or not if they would have slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
200
Sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides in the battle over the slavery issue established what nickname for Kansas
Bleeding Kansas
200
How could a male citizen avoid the draft?
Providing a substitute to go for you Pay $300
300
About what percent of Southerners actually owned slaves?
33%
300
He was the top general for the US during the end of the Civil War
Who is Ulysses S Grant
300
What controversial man was a hero in the North and a terrorist in the South?
John Brown
300
People who fought against slavery
What is an abolitionist
300
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freed slaves in states of rebellion
400
What two places had slavery banned because of the Compromise of 1850?
DC and California
400
He was the the president of the CSA during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis
400
Where did John Brown get caught murdering white slave owners?
Harper's Ferry
400
How many states seceded from the Union?
11
400
What is Gettysburg known for?
Bloodiest battle
500
What was the name of the policy that forced people to turn in runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act
500
He was the VP to Lincoln and would take over after his assasination
Who is Andrew Johnson
500
What word means to "break away from the Union?"
Secede
500
Name 3 components of the Compromise of 1850. Daily Double (Bonus Question): Name all 5 components.
1)California enters as free state, 2)Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico with popular sovereignty, 3)Slave trade ends in Washington, D.C., 4)Fugitive Slave Law, 5)Settled border dispute between Texas and New Mexico.
500
What is the battle of Antietam best known for?
Bloodiest day
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