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written in 1855 it commemorated the tremendous loss of life on the battlefield
What is the Gettysburg Address?
100
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
President during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
its economy was based on industry
What is the North?
100
a person who believes slavery should be abolished
What is an abolistionist?
200
On Dec. 20, 1860, this state was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
200
writer of the Gettysburg address
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
Confederate President
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
its economy was agricultural based
What is the South?
200
it was illegal to teach slaves to do this
What is learn to read?
300
the attack of this place on April 12, 1861 began the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
300
tells a story and is often non-fiction
What is a narrative?
300
military commander of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
300
what the southern states were known as
What is the Confederacy?
300
more men died of these than died in battle
What is infection and disease?
400
this statement by President Lincoln freed slaves on Jan. 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
written by an individual about himself/herself
What is an autobiography?
400
an escaped slave who became an author and orator
Who is Frederick Douglas?
400
required the return of slaves who had escaped to the North
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
400
a secret network that helped slaves go north
What is the Underground Railroad?
500
Beginning in 1866, this was supposed to help rebuild the South but created bitterness and hatred
What is the Reconstruction?
500
sung by slaves, often with hidden codes and Biblical references
What is a spiritual?
500
General of the Union Army
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
the amendment that officially ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
Complete the rest of the quote: A house divided against itself...
What is "cannot stand"?