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100
Who was against Lincoln in 1858 (for the Senate) and again in 1860 (for the Presidency)?
Stephen A Douglas
100
What specific action did many Southern states take when Lincoln was elected?
They seceded
100
Secede (give the definition)
To withdraw or leave
100
Name at least two of the battles the class studied in groups.
Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Chancelorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness
100
In what years did the war begin & end?
1861-1865
200
Who was the Confederacy's top general?
Robert E Lee
200
What event was the start of the Civil War?
The attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina
200
What was a border state?
A state that stayed in the Union but still had slavery
200
What was the name of the violent conflict between pro & anti slavery settlers in the western territories?
Bleeding Kansas
200
Why did NYC have Draft Riots?
Working class, mostly Irish immigrant, New Yorkers were angry about the draft, angry about poverty, and angry about discrimination. They rioted against the government and against Republicans before turning their anger on innocent African American New Yorkers.
300
Who was the main General for the Union for the second half of the war?
Ulysses S Grant
300
John Brown is remembered for attacking a Federal arsenal. Where was that arsenal?
Harper's Ferry, Virginia (Harper's Ferry, West Virginia is also an acceptable answer).
300
casualty
A person killed, wounded (and/or captured) in battle
300
Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
300
What document led to the eventual end of slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
400
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
400
Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
400
The idea that the people should have ultimate decision making power through voting is known as...
popular sovereignty
400
Where did Sherman's March to the Sea begin & end?
Savannah to Georgia
400
Why was the Compromise of 1850 necessary?
The US had just won a war against Mexico and acquired lots of new land, and had to decide whether the new territory would be free or slave.
500
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
500
Where was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater in Washington, DC
500
This word means the act of freeing someone or the act of being freed.
Emancipation
500
Approximately how many people were killed in the Civil War?
650,000
500
Who caned Charles Sumner and why?
Preston Brooks, because Sumner talked trash about Brooks' uncle, Stephen Butler, in a speech about Bleeding Kansas.