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This runaway slave became famous for telling about his own experiences in slavery. He published the North Star newspaper.
Frederick Douglass
100
Victory at Vicksburg gave the Union control of this mighty river.
Mississippi River
100
What peculiar institution did John C. Calhoun claim was a positive good, rather than evil?
Slavery
100
He became a hero at The First Battle of Bull Run and was killed by friendly fire at Chancellorsville.
Stonewall Jackson
100
Where would you expect to see the most cotton production?
Upper South or Lower South
Lower South
200
She was called Moses, because she led slaves to freedom on the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
200
The United States declared war on this nation after U.S. troops were killed in disputed land north of the Rio Grande.
Mexico
200
Jefferson Davis said secession from the Union was necessary for the southern states.
Did Lincoln believe he had a duty to preserve the Union?
Lincoln said he had taken the most solemn oath to preserve, protect and defend the Union.
200
Robert E. Lee was turned back by the Union army at Gettysburg in this northern state -
Pennsylvania
200
Which compromise aimed to balance political power between the slave and free states?
The Missouri Compromise
300
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book to tell the world about the evils of slavery.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
It was the turning point of the Civil War, because the Union turned back another Confederate invasion.
The Battle of Gettysburg
300
"With malice toward none, with charity for all … let us strive to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds..." - Abe Lincoln
How did Lincoln's death affect the nation?
The loss of Lincoln's leadership made overcoming the nation's challenges more difficult.
It was really bad for the South.
300
Bomber Dolphin
300
How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the abolitionist movement in the North?
The abolitionist movement gained momentum.
400
He used The Liberator to demand the immediate emancipation of the slaves and better treatment for free blacks.
William Lloyd Garrison
400
"Fifty-four forty or fight!" is most associated with the struggle for control of this territory -
Oregon Country
400
According to the Gettysburg Address, what did Lincoln identify as the purpose of the war?
Lincoln believes the war is a struggle to determine if a nation built on the principles of the Declaration of Independence can survive.
400
How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and lands of the Mexican Cession affect sectional tensions in the United States?
They intensified the debate over slavery in the western territories.
400
How did the Union blockade of southern ports affect the economics of the South?
The South was not able to sell its ag products to foreign buyers and generate revenue to fund the war.
500
Why did old John Quincy Adams and young Abraham Lincoln vote against declaring war on Mexico?
They believed the war was an excuse to grab Mexican land and spread slavery into the western territories.
500
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here, in 1861.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
500
The Union victory at Antietam gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What were two purposes of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It made slavery a focus of the war.
It freed the slaves in the rebellious states.
It kept Europe from helping the South.
500
Why did Lincoln believe Vicksburg was the key to winning the Civil War?
Whoever controlled Vicksburg could control the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.
500
Why were so many northerners upset by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed slavery to expand into the northern territories of the old Louisiana Purchase.