Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
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 was the first battle that began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

100

Name 2 border states.

Delaware

Kentucky

Maryland

Missouri

West Virginia

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
Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

Name the Confederate General who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, VA?

Robert E. Lee 

300
What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery 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 proclamation Lincoln gave to free slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation

400

What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and squeeze it?

Anaconda Plan

400

Where did Sherman's march to the sea begin and end?

Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA

500

What led 11 states to secede from the union?

Abraham Lincoln's election

500

Who was known as Moses because she led slaves to freedom?

Harriet Tubman

500

Who was president of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

500

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

Appomattox Courthouse

500
Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi
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