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Vocabulary
Important People
Wars
Slavery
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What is a free state?
a state where slavery is illegal
100
Who won the Presidential Election in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
100
First fight in the Civil War was on what fort?
Fort Sumter
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Where did slavery begin in the United States?
The South
100
Why was slavery so important to many people in the South?
Southern farmers wanted more enslaved people to produce cotton
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What is the definition of a civil war?
A war between two groups or regions within a nation
200
Who was the most important female that freed slaves in the Civil War?
Harriet Tubman
200
The War in the East was named?
Battle of Bull Run
200
Why did slavery begin?
Slavery began because of the invention of the cotton gin and people wanting people to work for them on their cotton gin
200
What did Abraham Lincoln believe about slavery?
That slavery was morally and socially wrong
300
What is the definition of a fugitive?
A person who is running away
300
What was the name of the African American teacher that helped former slaves gain knowledge in order to succeed in life through academics?
Booker T. Washington
300
The War in the West was named?
Battle of Shiloh
300
What did abolitionists do to end slavery?
They printed antislavery newspapers and spoke against slavery
300
How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?
It made it a war to end slavery in the heart of the South
400
What is another name for the United States?
Union
400
Who is the person that came up with the strategy of total war that later on went to defeat the Southerners?
General Sherman
400
Ulysses S. Grant finished the war with defeating the strongest Confederate army under the control of who?
Robert E. Lee
400
What is the difference between a slave state and a free state?
A slave state is a state that allowed slavery. A free state did not allow slavery.
400
Which amendment gave full citizenship to African Americans?
Fourteenth Amendment
500
What is the definition of sectionalism?
Loyalty to one part of a country
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Who was a general in the Civil War and later went on to become the President of the U.S. in 1868?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
What was the end result of the Civil War?
That the United States would remain ONE nation
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What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Freed enslaved people
500
How did Southerners feel about the results of the election of 1860?
Thought that Lincoln's election was a disaster and thought the federal government was too powerful and feared it would grow stronger