Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
100
What year was the Missouri Compromise?
1821
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
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
200
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
200
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300
Which state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300
Who was the major Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
300
Who led the march to the sea, destroying Atlanta?
William T. Sherman
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
What was the second reason the Civil War was be fought?
Slavery
400
What was the date of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Jan. 1st, 1863
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400
Which battle did Grant win to take control of the Mississippi River?
Battle of Vicksburg
400
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.
500

The first cause of the Civil War

States were leaving the Union

500
The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500
Where did the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
500
How many states were in the Union and how many in the South?
22 and 11
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