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Slavery
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War Geography
100
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100

Who was the President of the Union?

Abraham Lincoln

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 the major Union General?
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 novel was written that angered Southerners because it depicted the evils of slavery?

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin

300

What was the northern economy based on that made slavery less necessary?

The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations

300
Who were two major Confederate Generals?
Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
300

Who surrendered for the South and essentially ended the Civil War?

General Robert E. Lee

300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What did John Brown steal when he and others raided Harper’s Ferry?

He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion

400

What about the southern economy made slavery seem "necessary"?

They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops

400

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

The Emancipation Proclamation

400
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
400
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
500

Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy? (Name another 'S'!)

The issue of states' rights, Lincoln being elected (Secession), Protective Tariff ($), Sectionalism

500

Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War? What did she 'create'/begin?

She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad

500

How did Lincoln die?

He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.

500

 Where did the Confederacy surrender?

Appomattox Courthouse

500
Along what river was the South split in two?
The Mississippi