Important People
Important People
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The Civil War
Slavery Abolished
100

This person was a nurse that spent weeks during the war looking after wounded soldiers.

Clara Barton

100

This was the star of a book about an enslaved man.

Uncle Tom

Full Name: Uncle Tom's Cabin

100

During what battle was the Gettysburg Address given?

The Battle of Gettysburg

100

Name this war strategy that was used in the War as an attack plan on the south.

The Anaconda Plan - Created by General Winfield Scott

100

What does the word abolish mean?

To put an end to something or stop it.

200

This person was born into slavery and she advocated for women's rights.

Sojourner Truth

200

This man went to court to argue that he was a fee citizen. In the end the court ruled "Black people could not be citizens".

Dred Scott

200

What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address. 

To talk about the past lives of previous soldiers and to encourage soldiers' to keep fighting hard in the war. 

200

Name the place where was the first canon shots fired for the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

200

Who was the president that wanted to abolish slavery?

Abraham Lincoln

300

This person was the 16th president of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln

300

First African American to Command a US naval ship.

Robert Smalls

300

Said that the enslaved people in the Southern states were free.

Emancipation Proclamation

300

What was the Kansas - Nebraska Act in your own words.....

Allowed new territories to choose if they wanted slavery.

300

What Amendment abolished slavery?

The 13th Amendment.

400

This person was a violent abolitionist who planned to steal weapons from a military base to give to enslaved individuals.

John Brown


400

Encouraged black men to join the Union.

Fredrick Douglas

400

In the South, this was the main source of economy.

Hint: It is not slaves.

Farming

400

What was the Ordinance of Succession in your own words.....

Has to talk about the South leaving the United States because of slavery.

400

This was a holiday created to celebrate the ending of slavery June 19th.

Juneteenth

500

Marched troops into Columbia and caused millions of dollars in damage to Southern goods.

Robert Smalls

500

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

500

In the South this material was heavily relied on to sell for the most money.

Cotton

Remember this it's important.

500

Why was the Anaconda Plan so effective?

They have to compare it to a snake saying it constricted its enemy.

500

Name the first freed people town that was made after slavery was abolished.

Mitchelville