Causes Of War
What was the main economic activity in the Southern states that played a significant role in causing the Civil War?
What is agriculture, specifically plantation-based agriculture?
Which Southern state was known as the "Palmetto State"?
What is South Carolina?
What major Northern city served as the capital of the United States during the Civil War?
What is Washington, D.C.?
What term was used to describe the network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved individuals to escape to freedom in the North?
What is the Underground Railroad?
What was the name of the Confederate general who famously led "Pickett's Charge" at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Who is General George Pickett?
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property and not citizens, intensifying sectional tensions.
What is the Dred Scott v. Sandford case?
This Southern state's secession convention was the first to vote for secession from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
In which Northern state did the infamous "New York City Draft Riots" occur in 1863?
What is New York?
Who was often referred to as the "Conductor" of the Underground Railroad and made numerous trips to the South to lead enslaved people to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter?
Name the political party formed in the 1850s that opposed the expansion of slavery into the Western territories
What is the Republican Party?
Which Southern state was home to the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
What is Virginia (Richmond)?
Which Northern state was the site of the Battle of Gettysburg?
What is Pennsylvania?
This Northern city in Pennsylvania was a significant destination for escaped enslaved people on the Underground Railroad.
What is Philadelphia?
Which Union general is known for his "March to the Sea" and devastating campaign through Georgia?
Who is General William Sherman?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of which compromise aimed at addressing issues between the North and South?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This state's refusal to secede led to the formation of the state of West Virginia.
What is Virginia?
What was the name of the abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1859?
Who is John Brown?
What term was used for the individuals and safe houses that provided assistance and shelter to those escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad?
What are "stations" or "station masters"?
What was the name of the Confederate ironclad warship that fought in the famous naval battle against the Union's Monitor?
What is the CSS Virginia (or Merrimack)?
What event marked the formal beginning of the Civil War when Confederate forces fired on a Union-held fort?
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
What was the last Southern state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the Civil War?
What is North Carolina?
During the Civil War, this Northern state was known as the "Buckeye State."
What is Ohio?
This famous author and former enslaved person wrote an autobiography that described his escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Union general was known for his relentless pursuit of Robert E. Lee's army and ultimately accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?