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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beacher Stowe
100

People who were against slavery were called what?

abolitionists

100

Who was the President of the Union?

Abraham Lincoln

100

What and when (which month/year?) was the first battle that began the Civil War?

Fort Sumter, April 1861

100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200
Who raided Harper’s Ferry?
John Brown
200

Which 1850 law made it easier for Slave owners to hunt for their escaped slaves in the North?

The Fugitive Slave Act

200

Who was the commanding Union General at the end of the war?

Ulysses S. Grant

200

What battle was considered the “turning point” of the war?

The Battle of Gettysburg

200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300

Why did Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger northerners?

Because it depicted the evils of slavery

300

Which Supreme Court decision concluded that the slave in question could not sue for his freedom because he was property?

The Dred Scott decision

300

Who were the two leading Confederate Generals? (Hint: One was shot by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville)

Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

300

Which battle was the bloodiest single day in the Civil War?

The Battle of Antietam

300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400
Why did John Brown raid Harper’s Ferry?
He wanted to steal weapons to start an anti-slavery rebellion
400

How many states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America (CSA)?

Eleven

400

What was the title of the proclamation that Lincoln delivered to free slaves?

The Emancipation Proclamation

400
What was the name of the union strategy to surround the South and strangle it
Anaconda Plan
400
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed, slaves were freed in the former Confederacy
500
Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?
The issue of states' rights
500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
500

How and where was Lincoln assassinated?
DAILY DOUBLE: What was the name of the play?

He was assassinated at Ford's Theater watching a play with his wife.

DAILY DOUBLE: "Our American Cousin"


500

Where was the last battle of the Civil War when the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered?

Appomattox Courthouse

500

By 1864, what river controlled by the Union split the South into two?

The Mississippi