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Causes
Slavery
Leaders
Battles
War Geography
100
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
People who don't believe in slavery were called what?
Who are abolitionists?
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Who are 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?
Who was John Brown?
200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
What was Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin?
200
Who was the major Union General?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
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?
What is because it depicted the evils of slavery/told the truth about slavery?
300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
What is the north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations?
300
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Who were Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
300
What was the Atlanta Campaign?
A Union war tactic where Atlanta was completely burned and destroyed.
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
What is he wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists?
400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
What is they were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops?
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
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 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?
What is the issue of states' rights
500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
Who was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad?
500
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
500
What were the effects of the war on the North?
Because most of the battles were fought in the South, the North did not suffer nearly as much