Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War
100
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
100

What were the first shots fired that began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

100

Who won the Civil War?

What is the North?

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

Name the Union's war strategy.

What is the Anaconda Plan?

300

Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger southern slave owners?

Because it depicted the evils of slavery

300

What about the northern economy made slavery unnecessary?

The North was more industrial and didn't have large plantations

300
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
300

What was the South's war strategy?

What is assuming Great Britain and France would fight for them?

400

Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?

He wanted to steal weapons to start an slave rebellion

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
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
400

Name one of the three parts to the Union's war strategy.

What is...

1. Naval blockade of Southern ports

2. Take control of the Mississippi River to divide the South and cut off trade.

3. Capture Richmond, Va.

500

Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

The issue of states' rights

500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
500

Why did Sherman burn Atlanta down?

What was Atlanta a major manufacturing center for the Confederate army?

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