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100

What Supreme Court case caused tension between the North and South?

the Dred Scott Decision

100

Name two abolitionists:

William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe

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
100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200

Who raided Harper’s Ferry? Why?

John Brown in order to arm slaves and get them to revolt

200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200

Name at least two Union generals

Winifield Scott, Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, George Meade, Sherman

200
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

Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin cause northern abolitionists to take action?

Because it depicted the evils of slavery

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300

What battle had some picnic observers?

Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

300

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

Richmond, VA

400

Name two laws in the Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Law, California was a free state, Slaves could not be sold in Washington DC, UT and NM could choose for themselves about slavery

400

What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?

They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops like tobacco and cotton

400

Who was Sherman and what was the March to Sea?

A Union General who led a campaign from Atlanta to Savannah. He ordered troops to burn everything on the way.

400

What was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War?

The Battle of Antietam

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
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
500

What were slaves not allowed to do?

learn to read and write, travel without permission, bear arms, vote, own property, have large gatherings, testify in a court of law
500

What was the effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?

It made the Civil War about slavery, causing Europe to slow trade with the South. It did not actually free any slaves.

500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
500

What roles did women play during the Civil War?

They took care of farms and businesses, collected and donated supplies, nurses, spies, and a few dressed up as men to fight.