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What economic policy exacerbated tensions between Northern and Southern states by protecting Northern businesses while neglecting the Southern economy?
Tariff Act of 1828
What was the major reason Southern states felt excluded from political decisions during Abraham Lincoln's presidency?
Lincoln won without a Southern electoral
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln.
What constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment.
What state took the lead in opposing the Tariff Act of 1828, furthering the economic divide between North and South?
South Carolina
What was the term used for Northerners sympathetic to the Southern cause during the Civil War?
copperheads
What was the nickname given to the economic differences between the North and the South?
north-south gap
What document issued by Lincoln declared all slaves in Confederate-held territory free?
Emancipation Proclamation.
Who led the Union Army during the Civil War? Ulysses S. Grant. What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War fought in Pennsylvania?
Battle of Gettysburg
What legislation of 1854 allowed slavery in previously prohibited areas, sparking the formation of the anti-slavery Republican Party?
Kansas-Nebraska act
What was the name of the speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln that famously began with "Four score and seven years ago"?
Gettysburg Address
What series of debates between two politicians mainly focused on issues like slavery, popular sovereignty, and emancipation?
Lincoln-Douglas debates
What was the restriction placed on the slave trade in the South?
Banned international, continued local trade.
What was the strategy of the Union during the Civil War that aimed to cut off Confederate supply lines and control the Mississippi River?
Anaconda Plan
What political party dominated the Southern states during the pre-Civil War era?
Democratic Party.
What Supreme Court case ruled that slaves were not citizens and had no rights?
Dred Scott v. Sandford.
What geographical division helped separate cultures between the North and the South?
Regional differences.
Which Southern state was the first to secede from the Union?
south carolina
What was the official name of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Confederate States of America (CSA).
What was the name of the secret network that helped slaves escape to free states?
underground railroad
What region of the United States was characterized by industrialization during the 19th century in conjunction with the South?
The North.
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
What invention revitalized the Southern economy in the 19th century?
the cotton gin.
What economic system did the South primarily rely on during the Civil War era?
rural agrarian cash crop economy.
Who was the Confederate general known for his brilliant military strategies, particularly in the Eastern Theater of the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee.