The _______________ was a secret system set up to help enslaved people escape the South to freedom.
Underground Railroad
200
The North was known as the __________________
Union
200
What year was the Battle of Bull Run?
1861
200
______________ was held at a river where people sat nearby to watch. The Confederates won this battle.
Battle of Bull Run
200
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
200
The __________________ said that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they had reached Northern sates where slavery was not allowed.
Fugitive Slave Law
300
Northerners lived in a more (urban/rural) way of life.
Urban - Where most people worked in factories in cities.
300
What year did Abraham Lincoln write the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
300
______________ was the first battle that African Americans were allowed to fight in.
Fort Wagner
300
Who was the general who served for the Confederacy because his family was from the South?
Robert E. Lee
300
The _____________ divided the free states and the slave states.
Missouri Compromise
400
Southerners lived a more (urban/rural) way of life.
Rural - Where people worked on farms in smaller towns.
400
Which came first, Battle of Gettysburg or Battle of Vicksburg?
Battle of Gettysburg
400
______________ was the first major battle that the Union won which was a turning point for the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
400
Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin that described the cruelties of slavery?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
A ____________ requires men of a certain age to serve in the military if they are called.
Draft
500
Slavery was part of the ______________.
South
500
What year did Lee surrender to Grant which ended the war?
1865
500
During the _________________ the Union bombarded the city with cannon and fire for 48 days.
Battle of Vicksburg
500
Who was the Union leader who Lee surrendered to to end the war?
Grant
500
________________ was the first group of African American troops to be organized and fight in the Civil War.