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Who led the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
100
An agreement that attempted to balance the power in the Senate between the free and slave states.
Compromise of 1850
100
In what year did the Civil War begin?
1861
100
Which territory is Letter C?
Louisiana Purchase
100
True or False: The Confederate States of America were formed before South Carolina seceded from the Union.
False
200
Who wrote a book about his life as a slave?
Frederick Douglass
200
A law that ended the practice of bringing enslaved people to America to be sold.
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
200
In what battle did more soldiers die in one day than any other day during the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
200
Which territory is letter A?
Oregon Country
200
Who was the slave that brought an important case to the Supreme Court?
Dred Scott
300
Who led over seventy people on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
300
Political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in U.S. territories
Republican Party
300
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
300
Which territory is letter D?
Texas Annexation
300
True or False: Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation before the Thirteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution.
True
400
Who was nicknamed “Unconditional Surrender?”
Ulysses S. Grant
400
A speech given by President Lincoln that honored the fallen soldiers from both sides of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address
400
During what battle was the turning point of the war?
The Battle of Gettysburg
400
Which territory is letter I?
Gadsden Purchase
400
Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin?”
Harriet Beecher Stowe
500
Who was nicknamed “Stonewall?”
Thomas Jackson
500
Document issued by Lincoln declaring the freedom of all slaves in the states that had left the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
500
True or False: The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850.
True
500
Which territory is letter J?
Alaska Purchase
500
John Wilkes booth assassinated _______ in _______ Theatre.
President Lincoln; Ford’s