Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
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Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriett Beecher Stowe

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
100
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
200
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300
Which state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300
Who was the major Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
300
Who led the march to the sea, destroying Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
What was the second reason the Civil War was be fought?
Slavery
400
What was the date of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Jan. 1st, 1863
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400

Sherman's troops march from Atlanta to Savannah, on the march they destroyed everything.  This is known as.

Total War

400
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.
500
The first cause of the Civil War
States were leaving the Union
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The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500
Where did the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
500

Shortages of many resources, shrank the available workforce, and destroyed ways of transportation.





Impacts of the War on Southern States

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