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100

The Supreme Court ruled against the ___________ case, in which a slave sued his owners to receive his freedom.

Dred Scott
100

A person who opposed slavery and wanted to end it immediately was called an ___?___

abolitionist

100

Dred Scott, a slave, sued his owners to receive his freedom, but the __?_________ ruled against him.

the Supreme Court

100

The election of 1860 meant this for many Southerners. _?________

It meant the end of their way of life, because they did not know how to live without slaves.

100

This Confederate general stood "like a stone wall" during the fighting at  the Battle of Bull Run.

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

200

The Republican candidate in the 1860 election was __________?________________

Abraham Lincoln

200

Jefferson Davis was president of what group?

the Confederacy (Confederate States of America)

200
Which law was passed in 1850 that required Americans to help return runaway slaves to their owners?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

200
After the election of 1860, seven states formed a new union called the ___??_____

Confederate States of America

200

Winfield Scott proposed a blockade and an attack on the South called the  __________?_______.

Anaconda Plan.

300

Who was the Northern Democrat who ran for president in 1860 and was for keeping slavery in the states that wanted it.

Stephen Douglas

300

Robert E. Lee was the most famous Confederate general and became the superintendent of this.

West Point

300

On December 20, 1860, this state voted to be the first to secede from the Union.

South Carolina

300

In 1860, the Confederate States of America chose Montgomery, AL as their first capital, but in 1861, after Virginia joined the Confederacy, they moved their capital to which city?

Richmond, Virginia
300
The first Civil War battle was at Bull Run and was won by which side?

The Confederates. 

400

This 1860 presidential candidate and his party said that the Constitution permitted slavery. Who was he?

John Bell

400

Name two of the advantages for the Confederacy during the war.

The soldiers in the South were fighting for their homeland.

The South had more formally trained leaders.

400

Which group, Union or Confederate, had railroads, factories, and a navy as advantages during the Civil War?

Union

400

The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state is called ____?___

States' rights

400

Confederate forces attacked this place on April 12, 1861, starting the Civil War.

Fort Sumpter, S.C.

500

Republican president who opposed slavery.

Abraham Lincoln

500

On what did the Southern states base their economy?

Slavery

500
The lesson learned by both the North and the South at this (?) battle was that "No one would win this war easily,"

Battle of Bull Run in Manasses, Virginia

500

List Lincoln's three promises.

He promised to:

1) Leave slavery alone in  the South,

2) to guard federal property, and

3) to enforce federal laws.

500

Union general who was trusted by Lincoln and helped win the Civil War for the North.

Ulysses S Grant