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100
List two reasons the 11 Southern states seceded?
What is States rights versus federal rights, spread of slavery to the west, election of Abraham Lincoln, issue of abolitionism
100
This was the first battle
What is Fort Sumter?
100
Another name for the North
What is Union
100
Another name for the South
What is Confederacy
100
What state was the first to "secede" from the Union?
What is South Carolina
200
Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
What is election of Lincoln
200
Last Battle of the War
What is Vicksburg
200
What was the main industry (money maker) for the North?
What is factories
200
What was the main industry of the South?
What is growing cotton/plantations?
200
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in what areas?
What is Slave states
300
The idea that the states, not the national government, should have the final say on laws that affect them.
What is States’ rights
300
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
What is Gettysburg
300
What industry is most credited for helping the Union win the war?
What is railroads
300
Why did the Southern states' overseas trade decline during the war?
What is The Union navy imposed a blockade, tariffs
300
Which two states drove the need for the creation of the Missouri Compromise?
What is Maine and Missouri
400
Lincoln believed that no more _____________ should be added to the Union.
What is slave states?
400
What was the bloodiest battle?
What is Battle of Antietam
400
Name two Union advantages during the Civil War..
What is Industries, railroads, telegrams, weaponry, navy, Anaconda Plan, more men, etc.
400
Name two Confederate advantages during Civil War
What is home-turf, lots of land, cotton supply, foreign trade, good fighters, fought for a way of life, experienced in outdoor living
400
How did the cotton gin change plantation farming?
What is More slave labor was needed to harvest cotton.
500
A war between two groups from one country is called a ___.
What is Civil War?
500
The fall of this city led to Abraham Lincoln being re-elected...
What is Atlanta
500
Union's naval blockade called what
What is Anaconda Plan
500
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
What is Jefferson Davis
500
What is someone who wanted to end slavery.
What is An abolitionist