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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 that occured from July 1-4, 1863, known as the turning points of the war were ________________.

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

100
This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.
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 abolitionist was the most famous black man, known for his speeches about the abuses of slavery.  He had an audience with Lincoln.

Frederick Douglas

200

What was the first official military engagement that starts the Civil War?

when the Southerners attacked the Union at Fort Sumter in SC

200
This area had more people and factories and most of the people 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?
laws that kept African Americans separate from other Americans
400

He ran for a US Senate senate seat from IL in 1858 and lost.  He later won the election of 1860.

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?

Appomattox Court House

400

What advantages allowed the North it to resupply their frontlines faster?

More railroads and industry

400
What amendment ended slavery in the U.S.?
13th Amendment
500
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
500

This person championed the idea that the people should decide for themselves on laws that impact them.

Stephen Douglas

500

What does Lincoln recognize was the main cause of the war in his Second Inaugural Address?

Slavery

500

Most battles occured in this region throughout the war.

The South

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