People
The president of the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Most battles of the war were fought here.
What is the South?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secede?
People who thought that there should be no slavery at all were called this.
What is abolitionists?
He won the election, becoming president of the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
The president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
Name one advantage that each side had.
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This western state was admitted to the union as a free state as part of the compromise of 1850.
What is California?
Farmers in this area often had to make their own clothing and grow their own food.
What is the Western Territories?
The number of people running for president in 1860.
What is four?
This woman was one of the main conductors of the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
Name one of the three major crops grown in the South.
What are rice, cotton, and tobacco?
This book exposed many people to the horrible reality of the practice of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
What the southern group of states called themselves after they seceded from the union.
What is the Confederate States of America?
Name three issues that voters in 1860 cared about.
What are slavery in the south, slavery in western territories, homesteads, transcontinental railroad.
Strategist and general for the Confederate troops who turned down the job from the Union to fight for the south.
Who is Robert E. Lee
Name the primary method of transportation for each side.
What are railroads for the North and water travel for the South.
This abolitionist attacked Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
Who is John Brown?
This area of the country had more factories and fewer farms.
What is the North?
Many southern slaveholders voted for him, which makes sense because he was the candidate most in favor of expanding slavery.
Who is John C. Breckinridge?
Union general who was sometimes called "the butcher," but would only eat very well cooked meat.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
To the nearest million, the population of the North at the time of the war.
What is 22 million people?
This infamous supreme court case declared that Black Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
People in these two new states voted in 1854 on whether slavery should be allowed.
What are Kansas and Nebraska?
He presented no stance on many political issues, instead focusing on preserving the Union and upholding the constitution.
Who is John Bell?