Slavery & Abolition
What did abolitionists want?
slavery be ended immediately
Which party was founded in 1854 to oppose slavery?
Republican Party
Which city did Admiral David Farragut take?
New Orleans
Which side of the Civil War had greater industry and population?
Union
Who accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which industry was slavery used for in the South?
farming
Which election divided the United States?
1860
Which side of the Civil War used the Anaconda Plan?
Union
At which battle was Robert E. Lee defeated?
Battle of Gettysburg
What did the Emancipation Proclamation promise?
an end to slavery
In what year were slaves first brought to America?
1619
In which territory did violence begin over whether or not slavery would be allowed?
Kansas
Which side of the Civil War had more formally trained military leaders?
Confederacy
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 require?
that escaped slaves must be returned
How did the Supreme Court rule on the Dred Scott case?
slaves were property and could be taken anywhere
Which river was the main goal of Union forces in the West?
Mississippi River
Who did the Republicans choose as their candidate in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Who did the Northern Democrats choose as their candidate in the election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas