Big Things in the 1850s
A mini Civil War broke out here after pro-slavery forces rigged an election
Kansas (Bleeding Kansas)
The 16th President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
In the movie 12 Years a slave, Solomon Northup is renamed
Platt
Only battle of the war fought in the North
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
Second Largest city in Ontario (population)
Ottawa
This man was a rather violent abolitionist
John Brown
Commander of the Union Army by the end of the war
Ulysses S. Grant
This crop caused the institution of slavery to increase, especially in the deep south (Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, Louisiana etc)
Cotton
This western theatre battle lasted three days and killed over 3,000 Americans
Shiloh (Tennessee)
Largest country in Asia by population
India
An 1849 gold rush caused many settlers to bring their slaves here, causing a constitutional crisis about where slavery was permitted
California
Commander of the Confederate Army throughout the war
Robert E. Lee
Not a slave owner, but the person who dealt with the enslaved people daily
Slave Master?
This many lives were lost in the Civil War (within 20,000)
620,000
Either the Lincoln assassination (1865) or the sinking of the Titanic (1912)
Due to a speech he gave condemning slavery, Charles Sumner was nearly beaten to death by Preston Brooks....where did this happen?
The floor of the House of Representatives (Congress for half points)
His home was destroyed in the war's first battle in 1861, his new home was the sight of the surrender in 1865
Wilmer McLean
Slavery began here in 1619
Virginia
Name the four slave owning states that Lincoln blocked from leaving for the Confederacy
Maryland, Missouri, Delaware and Kentucky
Second biggest city in France
Marseille
The lady who started the war...
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The man was enslaved in Virginia, but also became a preacher who led a massive rebellion in 1831
Nat Turner
She escaped slavery, yet returned to the south several more times to help others escape
Harriet Tubman
The single deadliest day in American history is the result of this battle
Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
A state won by Trump in 2024, but not in 2016 OR 2020
Nevada