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Causes
Slavery
Abolistionists
Events
North/South
100
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
100
Why were slaves forbidden to learn to read and write?
So they wouldn't be educated and rebel against their owners
100
Who was the white northern man who became famous for his newspaper called "The Liberator"
William Lloyd Garrison
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?
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 Sojourner Truth?
a former slave from New York who gave speeches, Ain't I a Woman?
200
Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
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
What is an abolitionist?
someone who wants to end slavery
300
What was the name Kansas got called after abolitionist John Brown and his men when to a pro-slavery Kansas town and murdered 5 men?
"Bleeding Kansas"
300
Scott county voted to secede from the state of TN, to form the.....?
"Free and Independent State of Scott"
400
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to arm abolitionists.
400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400
Who were Angelina and Sarah Grimke?
Abolitionists sisters who traveled the country giving speeches about slavery
400
Why did Brookes attack Sumner?
Sumner gave an anti-slavery speech where he criticized people who agreed with slavery
400
What were border states? And how many were there?
States that did not want to give up slavery, but they did not want to leave the Union. Four.
500
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
500
Why did the South want slavery?
So they could keep making money and have free labor
500
What was the name of the famous African american abolitionists man who escaped slavery and became a famous author and speaker?
Fredrick Douglass
500
What was the name of the act that erased the Missouri Compromise and allowed Kansas and Nebraska to vote on whether they wanted slavery or not?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
500
What was "Hurst Nation"?
Fielding Hurst's huge plantation that was so large it was called Hurst Nation. He supported the Union even though he lived in West Tennessee.