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100

He was president of the United States during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

100

Lincoln gave this speech to dedicate a cemetery after Gettysburg.

The Gettysburg Address

100

A word meaning to separate from the Union.

Secede

100

This 1865 amendment abolished slavery.

13th Amendment

100

Treating people as property and denying them freedom.

Slavery

200

She led over 300 enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman

200

April 12–14, 1861 in South Carolina, this battle marked the start of the Civil War.

Battle of Fort Sumter

200

This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to keep the balance of power in the Senate.

Missouri Compromise

200

This 1868 amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.

14th Amendment

200

Another name for people who worked to end slavery.

Abolitionists

300

He was president of the Confederacy.

Jefferson Davis

300

This 1861 battle in Virginia was the first major land battle of the Civil War.

What is the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

300

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This 1854 act let Kansas and Nebraska decide on slavery themselves.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

300

This 1870 amendment gave African American men the right to vote.

15th Amendment

300

During the Civil War, the ______ came to mean the government and armies of the North

Union

400

He was the top Confederate general during the Civil War.

Robert E. Lee

400

July 1863 in Pennsylvania, this was the turning point of the Civil War.

Battle of Gettysburg

400

This belief that the United States was destined to expand westward across the continent increased tensions over whether new territories would allow slavery.

Manifest Destiny

400

President Lincoln issued this 1863 document freeing enslaved people in Confederate states.

Emancipation Proclamation

400

Name at least two causes of the Civil War.

Slavery, States' Rights, Economic Differences

500

Former enslaved man who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.

Dred Scott

500

September 1862 in Maryland, this was the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history.

Battle of Antietam

500

This law, strengthened in 1850, required citizens to help capture runaway enslaved people and return them to their owners, even if they had escaped to free states.

Fugitive Slave Act

500

This agency, created in 1865, helped former slaves with food, clothing, jobs, medical care, and schools.

Freedmen’s Bureau

500

About how many people died in the Civil War?

Around 620,000–750,000 people.

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