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Causes of the War

Early Battles & Leaders

Turning Points

Life During the War

The End & Impact

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100: What was the North’s economy based on?

Industrial economy with factories and railroads

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100: Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

  • Fort Sumter

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100: What was the bloodiest single-day battle?

  • Battle of Antietam

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100: Who founded the American Red Cross?

  • Clara Barton

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100: What tactic did General Sherman use during his March to the Sea?

  • Total war

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200: What was the South’s main argument for ignoring federal laws?

  • States' rights


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200: Which side had more factories, railroads, and money?

  • The Union


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200: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

  • Freed slaves in Confederate states

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200: What did women do on the home front?

  • Ran farms/businesses, became nurses

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200: Who surrendered to whom to end the war?

  • Lee surrendered to Grant

300

300: Who were two famous abolitionists?

  • Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison

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300: Who was the Confederate president?

  • Jefferson Davis

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300: Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point?

  • It stopped Lee’s invasion of the North

300

300: What was the name of the famous African American regiment?

  • 54th Massachusetts Regiment

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300: Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

  • Ford’s Theatre

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400: What law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery?

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

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400: What was the Union’s war strategy called?

  • The Anaconda Plan

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400: What major river did the Union gain control of at Vicksburg?

  • Mississippi River

400

400: What were the 1863 New York Draft Riots about?

  • Anger over the draft and ability of the wealthy to pay to avoid service

400

400: What amendment ended slavery?

  • 13th Amendment

500

500: What did the Dred Scott decision say about enslaved people?

  • That they could not be citizens

500

500: What was the first major battle of the Civil War, won by the South?

  • Battle of Bull Run

500

500: What speech did Lincoln give to honor fallen soldiers and promote unity?

  • The Gettysburg Address

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500: What prison was known for poor conditions?

  • Andersonville Prison

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500: Name one major effect of the Civil War.

  • Federal government strengthened, slavery abolished, or Southern economy destroyed