This was the type of farming the South had, before the Civil War.
What is Agriculture/Farming
100
This battle Started the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
The Northern states did not see a need for slavery, the South needed slavery to sustain(keep) their economy.
What is different economies.
100
This woman wrote this book about the realities of slavery. It caused many people in the north to consider just how bad slavery was. It outraged southern slave owners.
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Who Harriet Beecher Stowe? What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
This man was the President of the Union
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Manufacturing was this region's major source of income.
What is the North.
200
This was the turning point of the Civil War and was a major victory for the Union
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
11 Southern States seceded after the election of this man.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This law required people to return runaway slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were found in a free state.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
200
The man was the President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
The southern portion of the country needed these to keep their economy thriving. Without them, the goods create by the south would be way more expensive and the South would loose money.
Who are slaves?
300
This was the name for several "battles" that occured in the state of Georgia. General Sherman marched his troops from Atlanta to Savannah burning and destroying everything in their path.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
300
Southern States wanted the right to decide if certain laws should be handled at the state level. Northerners wanted the outlaw of slavery to be illegal. The south wanted this.
What is States' Rights?
300
This Compromise allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
This man was the leader of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
400
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This was a machine that made removing the seeds from cotton far more efficient.
What is the cotton gin.
400
This was not a battle, but the end of the Civil War. General Lee surrendered to General Grant in this town.
What is Appomattox Court House?
400
This decision claimed that slaves traveling with their owners in free states were not citizens, but property and they were not free, even though they were in free states.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
400
This document claimed to free the slaves.
What is the emancipation proclamation?
400
This man was the Commander of the Union Army, after two other men were very unsuccessful.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
These were used to transport cotton from locations in the south to the north.
What is a steam boat.
500
This was the first major battle of the Civil War. It was a major victory for the South.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
500
This man led an attack on Harper's Ferry that caused unrest in the South.
Who is John Brown?
500
After Abraham Lincoln's election, some states did this in fear of having slavery federally outlawed.
What is seceded?
500
This man was known for his courage. He was a confederate general at the battle of Bull Run, in Manassas, Virginia