People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
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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
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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
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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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Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
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What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
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
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Why did the Confederate strategy of "cotton diplomacy" fail?
Great Britain imported cotton from India and Egypt instead of the South, so there was no pressure for Great Britain to support the Confederates.
300
Why was it so difficult for the Union navy to patrol and block Southern ports?
Their ships had to patrol thousands of miles of coastline.
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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 presidential action officially ended slavery?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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What was the first major Confederate victory?
The First Battle of Bull Run
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What were the border slave states that did not secede from the Union and fight for the Confederacy?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delwaware
500
What was the South's major cash crop?
Cotton
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Who were "copperheads"?
Groups of Midwesterners who sympathized with the South and opposed abolition
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500
What was "Sherman's March to the Sea"?
Total warfare where Union troops destroyed everything in its path as they burned cities, crops, and defeated the Confederates all the way across Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean.