Causes
When was the Missouri Compromise which was an agreement in congress to show where slavery was an wasn't allowed?
1820
What landmark court case essentially ruled that if you are/were a slave the law doesn't allow you to sue for your freedom or rights?
Dred Scott v. Sanford Case
Who was a former slave then became an author which helped the Union government realize the evils of slavery?
Fredrick Douglas
Who was a former slave later turned women's rights advocate?
Sojourner Truth
What was the first battle of the civil war and it could have been ended by the Confederacy?
Battle of the first Bull run
When was the Compromise which was an agreement in congress that kept the USA from separating into two countries?
1850
What was a war between residents of Kansas and Missouri over the rights for if slavery should be allowed or not?
Bleeding Kansas
A former slave who was also an underground railroad conductor who helped slaves run away from slavery?
Harriet Tubman
Who was a main general of the Union at the end of the war?
General Ulysses S. Grant
What was the first major victory for the Union,and had toxins in the battlefield that made the soldiers wounds grow green at night?
Battle of Shiloh
What act was an agreement in congress that allowed runaway slaves to be returned to their southern plantations if caught in a free-state or territory?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was a book written by Harriet Beechon about the slavery and the horrors?
Uncle Tom´s Cabin
Who assassinated President Lincoln at the end of the civil war?
John Wilkes Booth
Who was a main general of the Confederacy for most of the war?
General Robert E.Lee
What was the single bloodiest battle in American history while being the turning point of the war?
Battle of Gettysburg
What act was allowed both territories to chance the vote on their slaves status?
Kansas Nebraska Act
What was the infiltration John Brown made to attack southern farms.This was also an attack to get guns he needed?
The Raid on Harper´s Ferry
Who was a president of the united states and kept border states a part of USA?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was an union general who helped end civil war by destroying the sates of Georgia,North Carolina and South Carolina?
General William Tecumseh Sherman
What was the single bloodiest day in history?(Hint-This battle proved the Union could compete with the Confederacy on the battlefield.)
Battle of Antietam
What was a hidden route that runaway slaves could take out of southern states to Canada where slavery was banned?(Hint-Harriet Tubman)
Underground Railroad.
What was the attack on Charleston Harbor?(Hint-This was the official start of the Civil War)
The Assault of Fort Sumner
Who was an northern abolitionist who fought in bleeding Kansas war and starts the civil war?
John Brown
Who was a president of the confederate states during the civil war?
Jefferson Davis
After what battle did General Lee and the Confederacy surrender to General Grant in Central Virginia?(Hint-Was one of the last battles of the American Civil War)
Battle of Appomattox Courthouse