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Battles
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What was a main cause of the American Civil War
Slavery
100
What was the secret escape for slaves to gain their freedom called?
The Underground Railroad
100
What is the name of the president during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
100
What is the North called during the Civil War
Union
100
What is the name of the war when Northern and Southern states in America fought each other?
The Civil War
200
This compromise allowed California into the Union as a free state. 
The Compromise of 1850
200
How did President Lincoln react when the South seceded the Union? Why?
President Lincoln was upset because he wanted the U.S. to stay one nation.
200
Who did General Robert E. Lee surrender to at the Appomattox Courthouse?
General Grant
200
When the 11 states left he union, what was it called?
secede
200
This battle is known as one of the bloodiest battles.
The Battle of Antietam.


300
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
president Lincoln's speech to free all slaves
300
How many states seceded the Union?
eleven.
300

General Winfield Scott came up with this 3-part plan. What is the name of the plan he came up with?

The Anaconda Plan

300

To get rid of slavery is called what?

Abolish

300
This battle marked the beginning of the Civil War.
The Battle of Fort Sumter
400
Name two abolitionists
Abraham Lincoln

Harriet Tubman

400
Why was the end of the war called the "Reconstruction Period?"
It was a time when the South had to rebuild the damage done to their property.

The North and The South had to begin to build trust again.

400
What was Harriet Tubman's role in the underground railroad? What was she called?
To lead slaves out of the South and into the North to freedom.

A Conductor.

400
The southern states called themselves what?
The Confederate States of America.
400
The name of the battle that was a major victory for the North.
The Battle of Gettysberg
500
Why did the South leave the Union?
They didn't want their slaves taken away.
500

How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the lives of people?

Demanded that slaves be freed.

The South had to find a way to work their fields without slaves.

500

What is the name of the woman who wrote, "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"

Harriet Beecher Stowe

500
What were the additions to the constitution called that lead to slaves gaining their freedom and their basic human rights called.
Amendments

(13th, 14th, and 15th)

500

This was the Civil War's first major victory for the South. The General who fought for the South was General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

The Battle of Bull Run.