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Causes
Slavery
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Battles
War Geography
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Who started the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
Abolitionists
100
Who was the President of the Union and who was the President of the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
100
What was the first battle that began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200
Who, with his sons, raided Harper’s Ferry and killed slave masters?
John Brown
200
What was the major crop produced by the south using slaves?
Cotton
200
Who was an important Union General?
Ulysses S. Grant
200
What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?
Gettysburg, PA
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The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300
Why did Southerners fear the election of Abraham Lincoln?
He was from a northern state and Southerners felt he would bully them into abolishing slavery.
300
What did the north have alot of that made slavery less necessary?
Industries (manufacturing plants)
300
Who was an important Confederate General?
Robert E. Lee
300
How many soldiers died at Gettyburg?
100,000.
300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
What newspaper did Frederick Douglass own?
The North Star.
400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They needed labor to help grow crops
400
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
400
How were black Union soldiers used in the war at first?
Setting up tents and cleaning up after white soldiers.
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Did the Emancipation Proclamation free all slaves?
No. Borders states were allowed to keep slaves because they did not fight for the Confederacy against the Union.
500
What was the states' rights issue that was a cause of the civil war?
Forcing the south to follow federal laws (such as paying taxes, etc.)
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Who did Frederick Douglass advise on how to deal with the issue of slavery during the civil war?
Abraham Lincoln
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How did Lincoln die?
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife by John Wilkes Booth.
500
What was one of the last battles of the Civil War where the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse
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What were the four border states that were allowed to keep slaves as part of the Missouri Compromise (The Compromise of 1850)?
Kentucky, West Virginia, Delaware an Maryland.