Vocabulary
Dates
People
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Geography
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100
The Confederates made the ___ into an ironclad ship.
Merrimack
100
The Civil War began in ___.
1861
100
Abraham Lincoln was the first ___ president of the United States.
republican
100
More soldiers died in one day during the Battle of ___ than on any other day of the Civil War
Antietam
100
Letter I
Alaskan Purchase
100
The ___ was a law that ended the practice of bringing enslaved people to America to be sold.
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
200
political party founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the United States territories
Republican Party
200
In what year did President Thomas Jefferson sign the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act?
1807
200
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President ___ in Ford's Theatre.
Lincoln
200
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired at?
Fort Sumter
200
Letter A
Oregon Territory
200
The ___ attempted to balance the power in the Senate between free and slave states.
Compromise 1850
300
Richmond, Virginia, became the capital of the ___.
Confederate States of America
300
War of Mexico ended in what Year?
1848
300
General ___ led the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
300
The Battle of ___ was the turning point of the Civil War.
Gettysburg
300
Letter B
Mexican Cession
300
What did the Thirteenth Amendment outlaw in the United States?
slavery
400
The first Southern state to secede from the Union was ___.
South Carolina
400
Shots first fired in Fort Sumter
1861
400
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
The first major battle of the war
Battle of Bull Run
400
Letter C
Louisiana Purchase
400
The ___ was part of the Compromise of 1850.
Fugitive Slave Act
500
secret routes leading to free Northern States and Canada
Underground Railroad
500
West Virginia joined the Union in what year
1863
500
Who wrote a book about his life as a slave?
Frederick Douglas
500
Letter D
Northwest Territory
500
document issued by Lincoln declaring the freedom of all slaves in the states that had left the Union
Emancipation Proclamation
600
Who was the president of the Confederate States?
Jefferson Davis
600
Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on what day and year?
January 1, 1863
600
Who personally led over 70 people on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
600
Letter E
Thirteen Original Colonies
600
speech given by President Lincoln that honored fallen soldiers from both sides of the war
Gettysburg Address
700
Who was nicknamed "Stonewall"?
Thomas Jackson
700
In what year did General Lee march 70,000 men from Virginia to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
July 1 1863
700
Which slave brought an important case to the Supreme Court?
Dred Scott
700
Letter F
Gadsden Purchase
800
Who was nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender?
Ulysses S. Grant
800
eleven states that withdrew from the Union to form their own country
Confederate States of America