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What year was the Missouri Compromise of 1850 included what Act?

Fugitive Slave Act

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
100
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
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In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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What was one of the main cause of the Civil War?

States were leaving the Union because they wanted states' right and slavery!

200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200
Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300
Which state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300
Who was the major Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
300

Why was the supplies a problem for the Union Army?

The battles were in different locations making the supplies sometimes late.
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What was the second reason the Civil War was be fought?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

400
What was the date of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Jan. 1st, 1863
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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What General won the battle that took control of the Mississippi River?

Ulysses S. Grant

400
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.
500

The first cause of the Civil War

Compromise of 1850

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The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
500
How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
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Where did the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
500
How many states were in the Union and how many in the South?
22 and 11