Causes
People
Vocabulary
Facts
Dates
100
Confederate States of America
What did the South call themselves after parting from the Union?
100
Abraham Lincoln
Which president was a main cause of the war?
100
800,000 people
Before the war started, many cities were becoming bigger, especially New York. How many people were in the largest city?
100
1861-1865
What were the dates of the war?
200
Slavery
What was the most thought of reason for the war?
200
Fredrick Douglass
Which escaped slave wrote attacks towards slavery?
200
It was the declaration passed by Abraham Lincoln saying that all slaves were to be freed
What is the EMMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION and what does it have to do with the war?
200
35%
Transportation between cities during the war was difficult, with most of the railroads in the North. What percentage was in the South
200
April 12, 1861
The Battle at Fort Sumter was an event that triggered the war. When was it?
300
Tariffs
What did the North put on European products going to the South?
300
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin"?
300
They are people who act against slavery. During the war, they tried their best to end slavey.
What is an ABOLITIONIST and what did they do during the Civil War?
300
1/3 of all Southerners
Even though slavery was a big issue, not all Southerners owned slaves. How many did?
300
The end of 1861
Almost one million men gathered in a line stretching 1200 miles from Virginia to Missouri. When was it?
400
They wanted more power for the state governments and less to the federal government.
What did the South want in terms of government?
400
John Brown
Which abolisionist went from non-violent to violent when trying to get a peaceful resoultion in Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
400
It is the oath that white males had to swear to be able to vote, saying that they had never supported the Confederacy,
What is an IRONCLAD OATH?
400
Tobacco and cotton
What were the South's two biggest crops?
400
1860
When did the South's economy start to stall and decline?
500
They secceded
What did the South do after Abraham Lincoln was elected president?
500
William Lloyd Garrison
Which Boston writer became violent about slavery?
500
Reconstruction
Which word happened AFTER the war was over?
500
625,000
The Civil War death toll was higher that all other wars fought by the Americans together. How many lives were lost.
500
1793
When did Eli Whitney invent the cotton gin?
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