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100
This person spoke about the importance of bringing human equality to all and proclaimed the Civil War was a struggle to preserve the Union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This party's main purpose was opposing the expansion of slavery into the western territories, arguing that free mean on free soil comprised a morally and economically superior system to slavery.
What is the Free-Soil Party?
100
This Union nurse cared for the sick and wounded on the front lines and founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
100
This is the bloodiest single-day battle in US history.
What is the battle of Antietam?
100
When the Civil War began, this was Abraham Lincoln's main goal.
What is to restore the Union?
200
This man unsuccessfully tried to sue for his freedom but the court told him that he, nor any other African American, could claim citizenship in the United States.
Who is Dred Scott?
200
This party is primarily based on its American conservatism and was formed by anti-slavery activists. The first president to have been a part of this party was Abraham Lincoln.
What is the Republican Party?
200
Uncle Tom's Cabin laid the groundwork for the Civil War for these reasons.
What is the depiction of slavery and the evils of the institution?
200
This battle was the first battle of the war and took place between inexperienced troops and resulted in a Confederate victory.
What is the battle of Bull Run?
200
The South had an advantage over the North in the Civil War in this area.
What is foreign aid?
300
He was an ineffective war leader due to his neglect of civil matters in favor of military ones and his lack of popular appeal in the Confederate States. He also proposed the Hampton Roads peace conference.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
As the last president who was part of the Whig Party, he became part of the American Party, the political arm of the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic movement. This party also goes by this name. (2 answers)
Who is Millard Fillmore and what is the Know-Nothing Party?
300
This decision made it lawful to own slaves from a certain region to Mexico and illegal to own slaves from that line to Canada.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
300
The lack of soldiers in Lee's army led to his demise against this general at the this location. (2 answers)
Who is Ulysses S. Grant and what is Appomattox?
300
"When I go through South Carolina it will be one of the most horrible things in the history of the world. The devil himself couldn’t restrain my men in that state.” This quote refers to this campaign.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
400
This man is rated as the best American commander of his time and conceived this plan that would be used to defeat the Confederacy. (2 answers)
Who is Winfield Scott and what is the Anaconda plan?
400
This politician from South Carolina defended slavery by arguing that slaves: “had never existed in so comfortable, so respectable, or so civilized a condition, as that which is now enjoyed in the Southern states.”
Who is John C. Calhoun?
400
These are the main reasons the North won the Civil War.
What are the blockade of the Southern ports, the surplus of Union soldiers, better supplies and transportation of supplies, etc.?
400
This was the major Union Army of the American Civil War and was the army that lost the war's first major battle.
What is the army of the Potomac?
500
This man was a fervent advocate of slavery and committed a brutal act that proved to be a major factor in the rising tensions leading up to the American Civil War.
Who is Preston Brooks?
500
This amendment to the Constitution granted citizenship to all who are born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
These are the long-lasting effects the Civil War had on the nation.
What are the acceleration of industry, the expansion to the West, high inflation rates, etc.?
500
This battle is often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads. This was arguably the most important naval bettle of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Hampton Roads?