FAMOUS PEOPLE
Republican President who opposed slavery
Abraham Lincoln
After the election of 1860, many states chose to ....................... from the Union.
Secede
The Missouri Compromise
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
The Battle at Fort Sumter?
What famous abolitionist became Abraham Lincoln's advisor
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Which was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 led to much violence in these territories. What do we call this time of violence?
Bleeding Kansas
Who won the First Battle at Bull Run?
Confederates
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Eli Whitney
Famous army general who stood like a "stonewall" during the First Battle at Bull Run
Thomas Jackson
What did all of the first 7 states to secede have in common, other than slaves?
They contained cotton plantations
What piece of legislation passed in 1850 allowed for slave catchers to reclaim their runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
What do the Confederates call the First Battle at Bull Run?
The First Battle of Manassas
What did people hang outside their windows or over their gates if their house was a place for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad?
Quilts that had symbols and patterns
This female abolitionist was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
In what year did the Civil War come to an end?
1865
What piece of legislation allowed for slaves in rebel states to be set free?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond
What was the name of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that according to Lincoln, "...made this great war!"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
At the Ford Theater in Washington D.C.
What did the 13th Amendment to the Constitution do?
It abolished slavery in America for good
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomattox, Virginia
What souvenirs did spectators take home after the First Battle of Bull Run?
They took chips from Henry House Hill