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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
Abraham Lincoln
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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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What was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?
Antietam
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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 document Lincoln signed to free slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation

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What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
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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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Where was the surrender of the South to the North signed?

Appomattox Courthouse

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