Slavery
True or false: America was the first country to have slaves
False: Ancient societies had slaves
Ancient Rome was 20% slaves
Of all the possible causes for the Civil War, which one cause do all roads lead back to?
Slavery
The Conscription Act of 1863 created the first ____ system in United States history
Draft
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Northerners to do what to suspected slaves?
Turn them in
The idea that people should control their government and decide what it is and isn't allowed to do
popular sovereignty
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War, fought right here in PA (about 2.5 hours away)
Battle of Gettysburg
The Three legs of the Triangle Trade?
Europe - manufactured goods >
Africa - slaves
Name of the man who led the raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave revolt
John Brown
What killed the most soldiers in the Civil War?
Disease, illness
Name for people who wanted to end slavery
abolitionists
What was the first state to secede from the United States of America?
South Carolina
Tore a path of destruction through the South (specifically Georgia)
Total War
What was the name of the slave who sued for his freedom?
Dred Scott
Fill in the gaps using the following letters: T & N
Senator beat up by a cane in the Senate: Charles Sum_er
Fort Sum_er was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
Fort Sumter
Emancipation Proclamation