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What is a major factor that ked to the civil war?

What is Slavery

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People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
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Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
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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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________ refers to the growing division and political, economic, and social differences between the North and the South that ultimately led to the war

What is sectionalism

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What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
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Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “bloodiest battle” of the war?

Battle of Gettysburg

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How old was the youngest soldier?

What is 9 years old.

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How many Southern States seceded from the North?

What is eleven

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What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
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Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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In what state did the battle of Antietam take place?

What is Maryland.

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What holiday celebrates the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, marking the end of slavery in the United States.

What is Juneteenth/Emancipation Day.

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What major event led to the secession of many Southern States?

What is the election of Abraham Lincoln

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What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
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What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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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.
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Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
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Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
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What major land battle led to a Union retreat in Virginia?

What is the Battles of Bull Run.