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100

Why was the election of 1860 so controversial?

What is Lincoln defeated Douglas and Lincoln was against slavery
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100

Who was the President of the Union?

What is Abraham Lincoln

100

What was the first event that began the Civil War?

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Fort Sumter

April 12, 1861

100

In which state was the first to secede from the Union? 

What is South Carolina

200

Who raided Harper’s Ferry?

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Who is John Brown

200

What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?

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What is Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

200

Who was the major Union General?

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Who is General Ulysses S. Grant

200

What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

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Battle of Gettysburg

200

The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.

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What is Northern; Southern

300

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Who is Harriett Beecher Stowe

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?

What are Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

300

What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?

Battle of Antietam

300

Name 5 "free" states

  • California
  • Connecticit
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Maine
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • New Hampshire
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • Vermont
  • Wisconsin
400

Name one of the Compromises that dealt with free vs. non-free states?

What is the Missouri Compromise and/or the Compromise of 1850?

400

Which court case said that slaves were property and did not count as a full person?

What is the Dred Scott case

400

What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?

What is The Emancipation Proclamation

400

What was the battle called that the Union marched from Savannah to Atlanta?

What is Sherman's March to the sea

400

What were the border states in the Civil War?

What are Ky, Missouri, West Virginia

500

Besides slavery, list 3 other major issues and examples that increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

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What is the issue of 1. states' rights

2. geographical differences

3. technological advances

4. military

5. roles of Presidents


500

Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War and what was her nickname?

She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad

"Black Moses"

500

Who is the President of the Confederacy?

Who is Jefferson Davis

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

What were three economical/geographical differences between the north and south?

North: industry, trade, shipbuilding

South: agriculture, cotton, plantations