Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
Civil war Vocab
100
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
What is Harriet Beacher Stowe
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
What is Abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
What is Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
100
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter
100
What is a blokcade?
What is the shutting off of any area by troops or ships to prevent supplies or people from moving in or out.
200
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
What is John Brown
200
What law was passed as a part of the Compromise of 1850 that said that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners.
What is the fugitive slave law.
200
Who was the major Union General?
What is Ulysses S. Grant
200
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
What is Gettysburg, PA
200
What is sectionalism?
what is a loyalty to part or section of the country instead of the whole.
300
What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin Depict?
What is the evils of slavery.
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
What is The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
What is Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300
In what Battle did "Stonewall" Jackson get his name?
The Battle of Bull Run
300
What is a Civil War?
What is a war between people in the same country
400
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
What is He wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists and slaves.
400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
What is They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
What is The Emancipation Proclamation
400
Who was Sherman and what was the March to Sea?
What is A Union General who led a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah. He ordered troops to burn everything on the way.
400
What is a draft?
What is a requirement of men of a certain age to serve in the military if they are called.
500
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
What is The issue of states' rights
500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
What is he was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad she also became a nurse and helped the Union in the war effort.
500
How did Lincoln die?
What is He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
What is Appomattox Courthouse
500
What is total war?
What is the war tactic of destroying not only the opposing army but their will to fight.
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