Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Who is Harriet Beacher Stowe. Because it depicted the evils of slavery
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People who didn’t believe in slavery
What are abolitionists
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Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
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What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
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In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
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Main advantage for the Confederacy
What is control of the cotton crop which can be sold to Britain or other countries for money
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Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg
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Fill in the blank: Early in the war the South won more battles in the ____
What is the east
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Immigrants came from these 3 places to America
What is...Ireland, Germany and Europe
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What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
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Major Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
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Fill in the blank: General Grant took control of _______ after a six week siege of the city.
What is... Vicksburg
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How many Confederate states?
What is 11
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proslavery activist from Missouri who started Bleeding Kansas
Who are border ruffians?
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What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
What is...They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops. No industrialization.
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75 year old man who created the Anaconda Plan
Who is... Winifred Scott
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Who was Sherman and what was the March to Sea?
A Union General who led a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah. 60 mile path of destruction. He ordered troops to burn everything on the way.
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What were some effects of the war on the South? What did we call the process for cleaning up after the Civil War?
What is... Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating. Reconstruction.
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Besides slavery, name 3 major issues that increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy
The issue of states' rights, immigration, reformers, raids, politicians, kansas-nebraska act, fugitive slave act, treaty of hidalgo guadalupe
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What was the outcome of the Dred Scott decision? How did it affect slaves?
What is...the Supreme Court still rules that slaves are not citizens, they cannot sue, they will never be free even if they have lived somewhere and been free. It also finalized that every territory could have slavery.
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Admiral from the NOLA capture
Who is... Admiral Farragut
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What was the last battle of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered? The date?