Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
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How many causes did we study for the Civil War? 

(How many videos?)

4 causes

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People who wanted to end slavery were called what?

abolitionists

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Who was the President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
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What was the first event that began the Civil War?

Battle at Fort Sumter

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In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
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What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
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Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
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The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
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What was the name of the formerly enslaved person who fought for his freedom through the courts? 

Dred Scott

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

Robert E. Lee

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What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
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Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
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Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?

He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion

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

The Emancipation Proclamation

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What was the first major battle of the Civil War that resulted in a Confederate victory? 

Battle at Bull Run 

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Sherman led a raid that destroyed much of Georgia. From point A _______ to Point B_________.  

Point A: Savannah, Georgia

Point B: The Atlantic Ocean 

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What state's border was used to determine a state's slavery position in the Compromise of 1820?

The southern border of Missouri. 

500
Name 3 slave states that seceded from the U.S. during the Civil War. 

South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas 

After Fort Sumter:

Virginia, Arkansas , Tennessee, and North Carolina. 

500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
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What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?

Appomattox Courthouse

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Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi
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