What did the Fugitive Act state?
A. runaway slaves could be kept.
B. runaway slaves had to be returned to their rightful masters.
C. runaway slaves were granted freedom.
D. runaway slaves had the right to beat their masters if they came after them
B. runaway slaves had to be returned to their rightful masters.
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Slave whose case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; argued that he was free because he had lived in a free state; U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the owner ruling that slaves were property
Dred Scott
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What was the "real" cause of the Civil War?
The south seceded the Union
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1. Why did Sherman attack Atlanta? and 2. That was a small event in his military tactic called?
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1. Railroad Hub and 2. Sherman's March to the Sea
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What was the new political party that opposed slavery; created prior to the Civil War. (HINT: ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS A MEMBER OF IT)
Republican
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1. This freed all the slaves in the Confederate States on Jan. 1, 1863
2. What event caused this document/speech?
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1. Emancipation Proclamation
2. Battle of Antietem
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She was a pioneering Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?
A. they were to become free states
B. they were to become slave states
C. there were to choose for themselves
D. it was to be decided by the government
C. there were to choose for themselves
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What event caused South Carolina to seceed from the Union? and
In 1861, the Confederates of South Carolina opened fire at this fort, beginning the Civil War.
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1. Abraham Lincoln became president
2. Fort Sumter
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This was a fictional story that showed the cruelty of slavery. It’s effect caused abolitionists to further want to end slavery in the U.S.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Most notorious prisoner of war camp from the Civil War era. Located in GA, over 13,000 soldiers died while in captivity.
Andersonville Prison
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Who was a key strategy by Union General that is known for leading the “March to the Sea” which waged war on both military and civilian personnel and to destroy property. What was that war tactic called?
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1. William T. Sherman
2. Total War
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_____________________________was a states’ rights issue involving a dispute on tariffs. The north wanted higher taxes and the south did not. S.C. threatened to leave, but Andrew Jackson threatened to attack them if they did.
Nullification Crisis
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Why was the union so focused on blockading the South?
To prevent the south from shipping/selling cotton in return for food and supplies
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What was one of the things Lincoln asked of the country in the Gettysburg Address?
a. To protect the Union capitol of Washington, DC from the Confederate forces.
b. To honor the dead soldiers by protecting a democratic government as the soldiers had on the battlefield.
c. To bury all of the dead soldiers of the Civil War in individual graves.
d. To build monuments at every Civil War battle site.
b. To honor the dead soldiers by protecting a democratic government as the soldiers had on the battlefield.
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_______________________ was a law that allowed Missouri to become a slave state as long as Maine became a free state.
Missouri Compromise
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____________________ allowed California to be added as a free state and the south was given the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise of 1850
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This battle was the largest ever fought in GA, the Union;s goal was the to capture Chattanooga, TN for it's railroad hub.
However the Confederates were able to protect and win. (Second deadliest battle in the Civil War)
Battle of Chickamauga
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Who were the leaders of the Civil War? Tell me the President and the General for both the Confederate and Union?
Confederates- President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E Lee
Union- President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant
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________________ are the amount of power a state government has in relation to the amount of power held by the federal government
State's Rights
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_______________________ was a Georgia politician who supported slavery, but did not support succeeding from the Union.
Alexander Stephens
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Identify two causes of the civil war and briefly explain them.
Nullification Crisis, Slavery, States Rights, Compromises, Dred Scott, Election of 1860, & GA Platform/Seccesion
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What event/place is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant?