Pre Civil war
This book outraged Southerners by portraying the harsh realities of slavery
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This abolitionist newspaper editor published The Liberator and called for an immediate end to slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The Civil War officially started when the Confederacy fired on this federal fort.
what is Fort Sumter
This document, issued by Lincoln, freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
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This law made it illegal to have slavery above the 36°30′ line
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This former enslaved person became famous for speeches attacking slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
his Union general was hesitant to attack and often lost his nerve in battle.
Who is George McClellan?
his Union general waged "total war" by marching through Georgia and burning Atlanta.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
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The attack on this fort officially started the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
This woman was known as "Black Moses" for leading enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This battle, where Lee’s battle plans were found by Union troops, became the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
his Confederate general surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
the colonization program planned to do this
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his 1850 law required Northerners to return escaped slaves to their owners.
what is fugitive slave act
This radical abolitionist led a raid on Harper’s Ferry to start a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown?
This Confederate general earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
the man who assassinated President Lincoln days after the end of the civil war
who is John Wilks Booth
why free black people were not a fan of the colonization program plan
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: This 1860 presidential candidate won the election without winning a single Southern electoral vote.
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the word for a person who wants to abolish slavery
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This charge, led by Confederate General George Pickett, failed miserably at Gettysburg.
What is Pickett’s Charge?
The North won the war because of its larger population, greater industry, and this key leader.
Who is abe lincoln?
These anti-war Northern politicians warned that Republican policies would bring a flood of free blacks to the north who would steal jobs from white
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