Civil War 1
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Civil War 4
Civil War 5
100
Name the law that ended the practice of bringing enslaved people to America to be sold in March 1807?
Transatlantic Slave Trade Act
100
Who was the first Republican president of the United States from 1861-1865?
Abraham Lincoln
100
Who did John Wilkes Booth assassinate in 1865?
President Lincoln
100
Which battle did more soldiers die in one day than any other day of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam in 1863
100
What year was the Fugative Slave law put in place?
1850
200
Who led the Confederate Army during the Civil War in 1865?
General Robert E. Lee
200
Richmond, Virginia became the capital of the...Confederate States of America OR United States of America in May, 1861?
Confederate States of America
200
What year did the Civil War begin?
1861
200
What was the purpose of the Thirteenth Amendment that was made in 1867?
it outlawed slavery in the United States
200
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in 1861?
Fort Sumter
300
Which battle was the turning point of the war in 1863?
Battle of Gettysburg
300
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, which was released in 1852?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
What was part of the Compromise of 1850?
Emancipation Proclamation,
Fugitive Slave Act,
OR
Slave Trade Act
Fugitive Slave Act
300
What was the first Southern state to secede from the Union in 1860?
South Carolina
300
Name the document issued by Lincoln declaring the freedom of all slaves in the states that had left the Union
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
400
What were the secret routes called that led to free Northern states and Canada through 1820-1860?
Underground Railroad
400
What was the All-Black regiment in the union army in 1863?
Everyone man, color or not, got to fight for the right for freedom
400
Which political party believed that slavery should not be allowed in the United States?
Republican Party, which was formed in 1854
400
What was the name of the speech given by President Lincoln that honored fallen soldiers of the war in 1863?
Gettysburg Address
400
Who wrote a book about his life as a slave in 1845?
Frederick Douglas
500
Who led more than seventy people on the Underground Railroad between 1820-1860?
Harriet Tubman
500
Name the slave who brought an important case to the Supreme Court in 1857.
Dred Scott
500
What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
to balance power in the Senate between free and slave states
500
Who was given the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" in 1861-1869?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
Who became the president of the Confederate States in 1861?
Jefferson Davis
600
What act determined if states were free or slave state in 1854?
Kansas+Nebraska Act
600
What happened first?
*The Confederate States of America was formed
OR
*South Carolina seceded from the Union
South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860
600
What happened first?
*Emancipation Proclamation is issued
OR
*13th Amendment is added to the Constitution
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued in 1863
600
What two important issues were decided by the Civil War after it ended in 1865?
1. No state could ever leave the Union again
2. There would be no more slavery in the US.
600
Name the US acquisitions from 1848
A. Thirteen Original Colonies B. Northwest Territory
C. Louisiana Purchase D. Florida Cession
E. Texas Annexation F. Mexican Cession
G. Gadsden Purchase H. Oregon Country