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The President of the United
States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham
Lincoln?
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Who was the “Great
Compromiser”?
Who is Henry Clay?
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The President of the Confederate
States of America
Who is Jefferson
Davis?
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Who was a leading abolitionist
speaker and freed slave?
Who is Frederick
Douglass?
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In which court case did an
African American sue for his
freedom? Who was he?
Who is Dred Scott?
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Southerners call the Battle of
Bull Run I?
What is Manassas ?
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Winners of the Battle of Bull Run
II?
Who is the
Confederates?
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Confederates withdrew from this
Virginia battle in Sept. 1862
It is known for having the
bloodiest day battle
What is Antietam ?
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Was really a 47 day siege of a
city on the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg ?
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Most costly in terms of casualties
for both sides
What is Gettysburg ?
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System that helped escaped
slaves reach the North
What is
the Underground Railroad ?
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South surrendered to North here
What is Appomattox
Court House ?
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Lincoln was shot here
What is Ford’s
Theater ?
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War began here
What is Fort Sumter?
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Name given to states not part of
either North or South
What is Border
States ?
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Killed by a sudden or secret
attack
What is Assassinate
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People killed or wounded in a
war
What are Casualties ?
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One advantage the Confederacy
had over the Union during the
Civil War
What is knew the
terrain where most
battles were fought?
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Three causes of the Civil War
What are Slavery,
Sectionalism, States’
Rights ?
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Major impact of the novel,
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
What is Support
grew for the
Abolitionist cause ?
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California is admitted as a free
state
What is the
Compromise of
1850 ?
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Maintained the balance of power
in the Senate 12 free, 12 slave
What is the Missouri
Compromise ?
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Allowed people in the territories
to decide for themselves whether
or not to have slavery
What is KansasNebraska Act ?
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Maine joined the Union as a free
state
What is Missouri
Compromise?
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What is true of the Missouri
Compromise, Compromise of
1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska
Act?
What is all
temporarily relieved
sectional tensions ?