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Reconstruction
100
The person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
100
This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
100
The two major Union victories known as the turning points of the war were ________________.
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
100

This area contained huge farms called plantations. Humans were held in captivity on plantations for the purpose of enslaving them.

South

100
The organization set up to provide slaves with food, clothing, education, and jobs was ____________.
Freedmen's Bureau
200
This person was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
200
This person, known for his strength, led the Confederates during the First Battle of Bull Run.
"Stonewall" Jackson
200
How did the Civil War begin?
when the Southerners attacked the Union at Fort Sumter in SC
200

This area had more people and factories, and some of the people who lived there opposed slavery.

North

200
The system in the South to help keep plantations operating after slavery ended was ____________.
sharecropping
300
This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
300
This person led the March to the Sea destroying everything in his path.
William T. Sherman
300
What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?
to destroy everything in GA that could help the South win the war
300
Most of the people living here opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.
South
300

What were Jim Crow laws?

racist laws that kept African Americans separate from White Americans. 

400
This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
400
Which abolitionist led an attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown
400
Where did Lee surrender to Grant to end the war?
in a home in the town of Appomattox Court House
400

In all land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, the institution of slavery would not be permitted to spread above what was known as the Missouri Compromise Line.

What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820

400

What amendment ended the institution of slavery in the U.S.?

13th Amendment

500
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
500
General Sherman also captured the city of Atlanta during what was known as the _______ ________.
Atlanta Campaign
500

What was the main cause of the war?

Slavery

500

Henry Clay introduced this plan to settle the debate over the spread of human captivity (slavery) after the Mexican War. California was admitted as a free state, Utah and New Mexico desired to hold people in captivity, Washington, D.C. abolished the Slave Trade (not slavery), and lastly, a Fugitive Slave law was implemented. 

Compromise of 1850

500
The ________ Amendment protects a person's life, liberty, and property. The _____ Amendment gave all men the right to vote.
14th and 15th