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What was the first E mentioned where new territories were determined as free or slave states?
Expansion West
John Brown
This was the place where the first shots were fired to kick off The Civil War
Fort Sumter
True or false: Southern states stayed separate from the Union for 40 years
False
Another name for the Southern States after seceding
The Confederacy
What happened in 1860 which caused the South to secede from the Union?
The Election of Abraham Lincoln
What was the act that required Northerners to bring back runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act
This battle was fought near the start of the war and was a big loss for the Union as they thought it'd be an easy victory and short war.
Bull Run
Lincoln was assassinated by this man
John Wilkes Booth
An abolitionist was someone that was....
Against slavery
Slavery, Sectionalism, States Rights
This incredible woman helped lead people to freedom via The Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Major turning point of the war -> Union victory
Gettysburg
True or false: Black Americans were given all rights of white Americans following The Civil War
False
Was the president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
With sectionalism, the South was known for agriculture and small towns while the North was known for...
Industrial factories/production and cities
Dred Scott
Lasted only 12 hours and claimed the most lives in a singular day -> 25,000 lost
Antietam
The passage of the 13th Amendment helped to end...
Slavery
The state that Abe Lincoln was born in
Kentucky
Name one failed compromise/act
Missouri Compromise (1820), The Compromise of 1850, The Kansas Nebraska Act
Took place in the far West and caused many people to flock there in search of treasure
California Gold Rush
This battle helped the Union take the Mississippi and led to the eventual surrender of Robert E Lee
Vicksburg
How many soldiers had lost their lives in The Civil War? The closest guess gets the points
Roughly 698,000
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina