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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
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
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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
What divided the country by a line of 36 degrees 30' latitude to determine free states and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
200
The 13th amendment accomplished what event?
To abolish slavery
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Who was known as the "Great Compromiser"?
Henry Clay
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 anger northern abolitionists?
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
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What was a challenge soldiers faced in Civil War combat ?
Face to face fighting, untrained doctors with few supplies, poor food
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
What was it called when 11 states left the Union to form their own country?
secede
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
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This border state had families divided over loyalty to the Union or the Confederacy.
Kentucky
400
Wealth, manufacturing, and railroads were advantages for which group during the Civil War?
North (Union)
500
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
500
Who was the leader of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
500
Agriculture, location, and leadership were advantages of which side during the Civil War?
South (Confederacy)