Causes
Slavery
People
Battles
Geography
100

Who was a slave that tried to get his freedom by taking the case to trial?  It went all the way to the Supreme Court

Dred Scott

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
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 and tried to lead a slave uprising?

John Brown

200

Who wanted slavery and felt it was their right to own property?

Southern plantation owners

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
This made California a state but also made stricter fugitive slave laws.

Compromise of 1850

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

Who was a major Confederate General?

Robert E. Lee 

300

What was the first major battle of the Civil War?

Battle of Bull Run (Battle of Manassas)

300

Was Kansas a free or slave state?

Free

400

It repealed Missouri Compromise and allowed the people living in the territories to decide if they were a free or slave state

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400

Which Union victory split the Confederacy into two parts and gave the Union forces control of the Mississippi River?

Battle of Vicksburg

400

Which Confederate state had the most major battles?

Virginia

500

Besides slavery, what was the other MAIN issue that divided the north and south?

The issue of states' rights.

500

Who was a former slave that became an abolitionist?

Frederick Douglass

500

Who was a nurse that created the American Red Cross?

Clara Barton

500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
500

Name all four Border States that remained a part of the Union but had slaves

Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware

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