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100

What did Harriet Beacher Stowe write?

Uncle Tom's Cabin

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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
100
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 tried to start a slave revolt in 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 had more factories and didn't have large plantations

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Who was a major Confederate General?

Robert E. Lee 

300

What color uniforms did the Confederacy wear

Grey

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Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
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What was the name of the Act that decided if states would be free or slave?

Missouri Compromise 

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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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What was the name of the city in Georgia that was burned to the ground in the south

Atlanta

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Which state was the last state to end slavery

Texas

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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

500

Along what river was the South split in two?

The Mississippi