People
This famous conductor helped free over 200 enslaved people on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
The year the Civil War began
1861
This word means someone who is against slavery and fought to end it.
abolitionist
The North was more industrialized than the South (True or False)
If False, you must write the correct answer.
True
This political party supported an Anti-slavery platform during the election of 1860
Republican Party
This abolitionist owned the newspaper The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
The year the Civil War ended
1865
This acronym stands for the Confederacy
CSA
The Union was created during the Civil War (True or False)
If False, you must write the correct answer.
False, the CSA was created during the CW. The Union was created when the USA was created.
These states were pro-slavery stated that never left the Union
Border States
This abolitionist was the mastermind behind the raid on Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
This battle was the deadliest in the Civil War
Gettysburg
This means a state that allowed slavery during the Civil War but did not break away and they remained in the Union
border states
The North had almost double the amount of exports as the South during the Civil War. (True or False)
If False, you must write the correct answer.
False, they had very similar numbers of exports.
Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
This abolitionist and enslaved man led a revolt that killed enslavers in the South.
Nat Turner
This speech given by Lincoln was only a few minutes long and became famous.
This means the people of a state would vote on an issue (particularly slavery)
Popular Sovereignty
The South had more experienced military leadership during the Civil War than the North (True or False)
If False, you must write the correct answer.
True
At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to
A. uphold national honor. B. prevent foreign involvement. C. free all slaves. D. preserve the Union.
D. Preserve the Union
This candidate was the Southern Democratic nominee in the Presidential Election of 1860
John Breckinridge
This state was the first to secede from the Union
South Carolina
This federal law mandated that enslaved people who self-liberated themselves and went to another state must be returned back to slavery
Fugitive Slave Law
Most railroad track mileage was located in the West (True or False)
If False, you must write the correct answer.
False, most track mileage was located in the North
The United States Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was important because it