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Civil War
Slavery
Lincoln
Women's Rights
Underground Railroad
100
What name was given to the South during the Civil War?
The Confederacy
100
What word means unfair treatment?
discrimination
100
Who shot President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
100
What word means "the right to vote?
suffrage
100
Who was a major conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
200
Name two Union states
Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania
200
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! What document did Lincoln issue declaring that all slaves are free?
Emancipation Proclamation
200
What year was President Lincoln assassinated?
1865
200
Who was Sojourner Truth?
She fought for women't rights
200
What were houses on the Underground Railroad called?
stations
300
True or False? African Americans participated in the Civil War?
True
300
What made it illegal to help runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Law
300
What does secede mean?
separate or formally leave
300
Who ran against Ulysses S. Grant in 1872?
Victoria Woodhull
300
Where was a slave ultimately free?
Canada
400
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
What is the name of the novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!! Why was John Brown's raid important?
It told the South that the North would be willing to fight for the slaves.
400
Why did Sojourner Truth describe herself like a man?
She did all of the same things as men, so she should be treated equally
400
True or False? There were signals to show which houses were safe houses
True
500
What famous general in the Civil War went on to become president three years later?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
What was the Thirteenth amendment?
A constutional amendment that abolished slavery
500
What does civil war mean?
A war between citizens in the same country.
500
Name three things that men could do but women could not
Vote, own property, and make family decisions
500
What vocabulary word describes someone who is against slavery?
abolitionist