Slave Laws
What was the name of the law where Missouri entered the Union as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state?
Missouri Compromise
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
Republican
Who won the Civil War?
North (Union)
What was the name of the bullet that was introduced during the Civil War?
Minnie Ball
What happened to Lincoln one week after the end of the Civil War?
He was assassinated.
What was the compromise that added California as a free state, while Utah and New Mexico would use popular sovereignty to decide on slavery?
Compromise of 1850
When was Lincoln elected president?
1860
Who was the general in charge of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
What is the name of the "tags" used to identify soldiers on the battlefield?
Dog tags
What was the name of the proclamation that forcibly emancipated slaves in the Confederacy?
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the name of the act that forced Northerners to help catch runaway slaves.
Fugitive Slave Act
Who killed Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Which was the first state that seceded from the Union once Lincoln was elected president?
South Carolina
What chemical improved hygiene and decreased mortality rates for gangrene?
Bromine
What was the Supreme Court case that made slavery legal in all states of the Union?
Dred Scott
What is the name of the act that let Kansas and Nebraska choose popular sovereignty to vote on slavery?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
True or False: Abraham Lincoln was the first president to have a beard.
True
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What is the name of the method used to preserve the bodies of dead civil war soldiers?
Embalming
What was the name of the novel that exposed a lot of the horrors of slavery to politicians and society?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
How tall was Abraham Lincoln?
-6'1" -6'3"
-6'2" -6'4"
6'4"
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address was given after the Battle of Gettysburg. What state in Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
What is the name of the system of dots and dashes used to send messages with a telegraph?
Morse code
Where did the Civil War end?
Appomattox Court House in Virginia