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Civil War People
People Before the Civil War
Major Battles of the Civil War
Civil War Hodge Podge
Civil War Vocabulary
100
He was the Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
She wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which was published in 1852.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
This invention constructed by Eli Whitney led to an increase in slaves across the South.
What is the Cotton Gin?
100
This is a tax on imported goods.
What is a tariff?
200
As the 16th President, he led the United States through the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
She was an escaped slave who helped many other slaves escape on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This battle is largely considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
200
Generally speaking, the Northern economy was largely based on this.
What is industry?
200
This is when a portion of a country withdraws to form its own country.
What is secession?
300
He earned his nickname for his bravery. He was also one of General Lee's most trusted generals.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
300
This Union General marched through Georgia destroying everything in his path.
Who is William T. Sherman?
300
This battle lasted nearly four months and was the prelude to great destruction in Georgia in 1864.
What is the Atlanta Campaign?
300
Generally speaking, the Southern economy was largely based on this.
What is agriculture?
300
A slave state that stayed in the Union.
What is a Border State?
400
He was the last Union General of the Civil War and accepted General Lee's Surrender.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
He led a raid at Harper's Ferry to arm abolitionists and freed slaves.
Who is John Brown?
400
After Atlanta, Sherman turned his sights on Savannah and destroyed everything in his path.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
400
Though many Northerners felt slavery was the main cause of the Civil War, Southerners felt this was the main cause.
What is State's Rights?
400
Loyalty to one part of the country.
What is Sectionalism?
500
He was the only President the Confederate States of America ever had.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
The Supreme Court ruled that because he was a slave, he had no Constitutional rights to sue for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
500
On April 9, 1865, General Lee surrendered to General Grant here.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
500
These were people who thought slavery was wrong.
Who are abolitionists?
500
The freeing of enslaved people.
What is emancipation?