North and South
This crop made the south wealthy and was the reason the continued use of slavery.
What is cotton?
This man was the President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abe Lincoln?
This was the first major battle of the Civil War, and it was a battle that the Confederates won.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
This woman was the leader of the Underground Railroad. She helped many slaves escape and served as a Union nurse during the Civil War.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This law required police in the north to capture escaped slaves and bring them back to the south.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
This invention made the processing of cotton more efficient.
What is the cotton gin?
This man was the President of the Confederate States of America (the south).
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Abe Lincoln gave a famous speech after this battle in a small town in Pennsylvania.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This man escaped slavery and became one of the most famous African Americans during the 1800s. He became a famous author, abolitionist, and visited Lincoln in the White House.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Supreme Court decision ruled that slaves are property.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
The reason the south thought the European nations would help them win the Civil War.
What is their economy relied on cotton from the southern states?
This commander of the Confederate Army became one of the most famous generals during the Civil War. President Lincoln has originally asked him to lead the Union army.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This battle resulted in the Union getting control of the Mississippi River. The attack lasted 48 days.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This regiment were some of the first African Americans to fight in the Civil War. Half of their members were killed at Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
What is the 54th Massachusetts?
This novel, written by Harriet Beacher Stowe, inspired many people to become abolitionists.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
This side won the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is the union?
This woman passed out food and supplies to soldiers. She was also the founder of the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
This is where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. Nobody was killed during this skirmish, but the Confederates were victorious in their efforts.
What is Fort Sumter?
This declared that all slaves in the Confederacy were now free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This man led a raid on Harper's Ferry. He wanted to take all the weapons, arm the slaves, and start a slave rebellion.
Who is John Brown?
Why did the south expect to win the Civil War?
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This man inspired the south to win The First Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
What were the three parts of the Anaconda Plan?
What were...blocking the southern seaports, taking over the Mississippi River, and invading the southern states from the east and west.
This country allowed slavery in Texas even though their own country had already outlawed slavery.
What is Mexico?
This event led South Carolina, followed by six other states, to secede from the union and create a new country.
What is the 1860 Presidential Election of Abe Lincoln?