IT ALL BEGAN...
Why did the demand for slaves increase in the Southern states?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
A person who worked to end slavery during the 1700s and 1800s, was called an?
Abolitionist
I am a slave that led one of the first slave rebellions that ultimately killed 55 people...
Nat Turner
During the Civil War, what were the collection of states that support the U.S. Government called?
The Union
Where did the First Battle of Bull Run occur?
Manassas, VA
What was the "compromise" called that created a line with free states North of it and slaves states to the South?
The Missouri Compromise
How did slaves in the South resist? (give all 4)
They worked slowly, "accidentally" broke things, set fires, and pretended to be sick.
What was the secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom called?
The Underground Railroad
I am an escaped slave, abolitionist who helped inspire the civil rights movement, and an adviser to President Lincoln...
Frederick Douglass
The North was considered more city life...which is also know as what kind of environment?
Urban
Why did Robert E. Lee fight for the Confederacy instead of the Union?
He could not fight against his relatives, children, and home state of Virginia.
This was the bloodiest battle in American History, more lives were lost than any other battle.
Antietam
What were the songs called that slaves sang about their despair?
spirituals
Who wrote a newspaper called "The Liberator"? (which told of the cruelty of slavery)
William Lloyd Garrison
I led an attack on the U.S. Government arsenal at Harper's Ferry, in the hope of giving guns to slaves...
John Brown
What nickname did Abraham Lincoln gain by always paying everything he owed?
"Honest Abe"
What was the South's most popular crop?
cotton
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act eventually become known as?
"Bleeding Kansas"
What were the economic differences between the North and the South?
The North focused on manufacturing and the South focused on farming (which depended on slaves).
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about the life of a slave mother?
Harriett Beecher Stowe
I was named the President of the Confederacy, after the South seceded from the Union...
Jefferson Davis
Grant's victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of what river?
Mississippi River
What are two advantages the Confederacy had at the beginning of the Civil War?
They were fighting a defensive war
and it's army was led by Robert E. Lee.
What state did the battle of Antietam occur?
Maryland
What battle started the Civil War?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
What case was brought to the Supreme Court, where it was ruled that slaves were property and could not be taken away from their owners?
Dred Scott case
I was considered too cautious when leading the Union soldiers, and I was reluctant to attack the enemy...
General McClellan
What advantages did the North have during the Civil War? (name 4)
- 4 times as many men
- more railroad track to transport troops & supplies
- more factories to produce supplies
- more farms
What was the biggest port in the Confederacy?
New Orleans
The "Virginia" and "Monitor" were examples of this new type of ship.
ironclads