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100
Who was a runaway slave who helped other slaves escape to freedom through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
100
What was another name for the North during the War?
Union
100
What is the idea that the states should decide their own laws?
States Rights
100
Where the 1st shots of the Civil War happened
Fort Sumter
100
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
a proclamation given by Abraham Lincoln that freed the slaves in the US
200
Who was the Commander of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant
200
What was another name for the South in the Civil War?
Confederacy
200
What was a deadly protest led by John Brown that was caused by anger over the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Bleeding Kansas
200
What was the official first battle of the Civil War where the Union realized that it won't be a quick war after they are forced to retreat?
Battle of Bull Run
200
What important event happened at the Appomattox Courthouse?
Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant, ending the Civil War.
300
Who was the commander of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
300
To break away from a nation in order to become an independent county
Secede
300
What was the name of a controversial book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that opened many American's eyes to the harshness of slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
This battle was an important victory for the North because they had a clear path to the south.
Battle of Shiloh
300
What was the Anaconda Plan?
The Union's plan to block all Confederate ports so that ships couldn't sail in or out of the south
400
Who ran against Abraham Lincoln in the Election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
400
Who is a person that wants to stop slavery?
Abolitionist
400
What was the name of a line created in 1820 dividing the North and South to determine if new states would be free or slave?
The Missouri Compromise
400
This battle took place in Maryland and was the bloodiest single battle. The confederates were forced to retreat back to Virginia.
Battle of Antietam
400
What was the Underground Railroad?
It was a series of safe houses leading to the North so that slaves could escape to freedom.
500
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
500
What is a name for the time period before a large war?
Antebellum
500
What was the Act that erased the Missouri Compromise Line and granted states rights to choose if they would be free or slave states?
Kansas Nebraska Act
500
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War which was a huge loss for confederates?
Battle of Gettysburg
500
Why did Abraham Lincoln call the United States "a House Divided" during the Civil War?
The Union and Confederacy were fighting against each other even though they were both a part of the US.
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