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This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

100
This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
100

The major Union victory known as the turning point of the war

Gettysburg 

100
This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.
South
100

Southern Goals of the war

Become independent, preserve slavery

200

This future president was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War. Nicknamed "Lincoln's Butcher"

Ulysses S. Grant

200

Pro-Slavery Southerners who fought in Kansas in order to make it a slave state

Border Ruffians

200

Document that Freed enslaved people in Confederate States

Emancipation Proclamation

200

This area had the majority of the Factories in North America

North

200

Northern Goal of the Civil War

Preserve the Union

300

This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War. Nicknamed "King of Spades"

Robert E. Lee

300

This person led the March to the Sea destroying everything in his path. Took Atlanta and Savannah

General 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 new type of weapon made Civil War Battles especially deadly?

Gatling gun, or rifling

400

 Person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad nicknamed "Moses"

Harriet Tubman

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

Fought an Offensive War

North

400

What was the Northern Plan to end the Civil War quickly

Anaconda Plan

500
This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
500

Enslaved Person whose Supreme Court case said all enslaved people are property, that rose tensions in the U.S.

Dred Scott

500

What was the main issue that led to the Civil War?

Slavery

500
The farmers here grew cotton or tobacco to make money.
South
500

What were the 3 Parts of the North's Anaconda Plan?

1. Blockade

2. Split the South

3. Take Richmond