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Slavery
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100

The Emancipation Proclamation was a ______________ document

legal

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
100

Which amendment granted voting rights to former slaves?

15th

200

Who raided Harper’s Ferry and stole amunition?

John Brown

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

Who was the leader of the Union Army?

Ulysses S. Grant

200

What battle was fought in Pennsylvania?

Gettysburg, PA

200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300

Conflict over states rights and increased sectionalism lead to....

The civil war

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

Who were the leader of the Confederate Army?

Robert E. Lee

300

What is it called when the House of Representatives investigates the wrong doings of presidents and other high officials. 

impeachment

300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What was Dred Scott known for.

Suing for his freedom.

400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400

What invention helped in the communication of leaders of the civil war

telegraph

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 issue of states' rights, conflict in territories and sectionalism were all caused by

the expansion of slavery

500

What does the sentence from the Gettysburg Address... "that all men are created equal" have to do with the civil war

Shows that Abraham Lincoln thought we shouldn't have slaves because then we aren't treating them as equal.

500

Planting, Harvesting, and selling crops are the foundation of what?

an agricultural economy

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

What was an immediate effect of the war?

The 13th amendment (abolishing slavery)