People
Events
North/South
People 2X
Slavery
100
The person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
100

How did the Civil War begin?

When the Southerners attacked the Union at Fort Sumter in South Carolina

100
This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.
South
100

Who was Henry Clay?

Statesman and Public speaker for the Union

100

The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the

Middle Passage

200

This person was the General in Chief for the Union in the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

200

Who attacked Fort Sumter? Who declared war?

Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in 1861 which angered Lincoln causing him to declare war.

200
This area had more people and factories and most of the people opposed slavery.
North
200

Who was Stephen A. Douglas?

Senator of Illinois who proposed compromises. 

200

What was the route of the Triangle Trade Route?

England to Africa, Africa to the Americas, the Americas back to England.

300

This person was the General in Chief for the Confederate states in the Civil War.

Robert E. Lee

300

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 created three points which______________________.

1. Entered Missouri as a slave state

2. Split Massachusetts into two and created Maine as a free state

3. The Louisiana Purchase territory was closed off to slavery

300
Most of the people living here opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
South
300

What is Henry Clay's nickname?

"The Great Compromiser"

300

What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor?

sugar cane, cotton, tobacco

400
This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
400

What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? 

1. It made it legal to arrest runaway slaves anywhere in the United States 

2. Slaves would be returned to their owners. 

3. A person who helped runaway slaves faced fines and jail time.

400
Many of the states here broke away from the Union.
South
400

What compromise did Stephen A. Douglas help create?

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

400

What was the Underground Railroad?

a secret organization which aided the escape of many slaves to the North and Canada

500
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
500

What were the main cause of the war?

1. Economy 

2. Slavery 

3. Federal and State laws 

4. Election of Abraham Lincoln

500

The emancipation proclamation set slaves free in the ___________________. 

South or Confederate States 

500

Who were the four running mates during the presidential election of 1860 ?

1. Abraham Lincoln 

2. John Bell 

3. Stephen A. Douglas

4. John Breckenridge 

500

What did Europeans usually exchange for Africans?

HINT: The 3 G's

manufactured goods, gold, and guns

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