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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
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People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
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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
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In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
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Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
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What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
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Who was the major Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
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The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
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Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northern abolitionists?
Because it depicted the evils of slavery
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What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
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Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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At which battle did President Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
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Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
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What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
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What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Who was Sherman and what was the March to the Sea?

He and his men went through the South destroying plantations, farms, homes and all that was in their paths to help the North win the war

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What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
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Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
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Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
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How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.
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What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
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What were the effects on the North?

Most of their landscape, factories and railroads were left unharmed as most of the war was fought in the South