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first state to secede, or leave the Union
South Carolina
an abolitionist who wrote a book about his life as a slave.
Frederick Douglass
What ended the practice of bringing ensalved people into America to be sold?
Transatlantic Trade Act
was a series of secret routes leading escaping slaves to free Northern states or to Canada.
The Underground Railroad
1st Republican president
Abraham Lincoln
commander of all the Union armies
General Grant
an abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
was founded on the belief that slavery should not be allowed in the US territories
Republican party
Confederate states first capital
Montgomery, Alabama
became the commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E Lee
The south won this first major battle called...
Battle of Bull Run
Harriet Tubman
instituted by Millard Fillmore in order to balance the power in the Senate.
Compromise of 1850
What River did the North take control over at the Battle of Vicksburg?
Mississippi River
During what battle did more soliders die in one day than any other day in the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
Who won the first major battle, Battle of Bull Run?
The South
These states decided to form their own nation and call it....
Confederate States of America
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter in South Carolina
What did the 13th amendment outlaw in the United States?
Slavery
Most remembered solider at Bull Run
General Thomas Jackson
Zachary Taylor
President of the Confederate State
Jefferson Davis
Turning point of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
What two important issues were decided by the Civil War?
-no state could ever again leave the Union
-There would be no more slavery