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

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

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

Who was a Confederate General?

Robert E. Lee or Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

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 speech Lincoln gave to free  slaves in the Confederate South?

The Emancipation Proclamation

400

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

Anaconda Plan

400

What were some effects of the war on the South?

Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy

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 who 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

Along what river was the South split in two?

The Mississippi

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