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1. The North’s geography of rocky
soil and fast rivers made it poor for
farming but good for
1. factories
2. The South’s land was excellent
to grow
2. cotton, tobacco and rice
3. The North made its’ money from
3. industry and shipping
4. The South made its’ money from
4. farming
5. The South used what type of
labor ?
5. Slaves
6. The North used what type of
workers ?
6. Paid workers known as wage
labor
7. Which region had a larger
population ?
7. The North
8. The compromise that said
Missouri would be a slave state,
and Maine a free state is and there
would be no slavery allowed north
of the southern border of Missouri
is known as
8. The Missouri Compromise
9. The Compromise of 1850 said
that people would vote to decide if
slavery would be allowed in new
states gained from the
9. Mexican American War
10. The state that had violence
start over the issue of slavery was
Kansas. Kansas became known as
10. Bleeding Kansas
11. The Supreme Court Case that
said slaves were property was:
The Dred Scott Case
12. The idea that states can choose
to ignore federal laws is known as
12. States rights doctrine
13. Frederick Douglass was an
escaped slave who became well
respected and was against slavery.
He was an
13. abolitionist
14. A famous abolitionist who was
a woman and made speeches was
known for her phrase “Ain’t I a
Woman was
14. Sojourner Truth
15. The escape route for slaves run
by Hariett Tubman was
15. the Underground Railroad
16. Fort Sumter was
16. Where the first shots of the
Civil War were fired
17. The first major battle of the
Civil War was:
17. Bull Run
18. General Grant fought for the
18. Union
19. The General for the
Confederacy was
19. General Robert E. Lee
20. The total destruction of the
south by burning it is known as
20.. Scorch and burn
21. The Gettysburg Address and
The Emancipation
Proclamation were written by
21. The President of the United
Sates , Abraham Lincoln
22. The president of the
Confederacy was
22. Jefferson Davis
23. Lincoln said that the South
should be forgiven in his
23. 2nd Inaugural Address
24. Lincoln first reason to fight the
Civil War was to
24. Preserve the Union
25. The right of people to make
their own decisions about their
state is usually by voting is known
as
25. Popular Sovereignty
26. Where did Draft riots take
place during the Civil War ?
26. New York
27. What right did Lincoln
suspend during the Civil War ?
27. Habeas Corpus
28. What was Lincoln’s famous
document saying slaves in the
South were free ?
28. Emancipation Proclamation
29. Who won the Civil War ?
29. The North
30. Where did the surrender of the
South take place ?
30. Appomattox
31. What was the time period of
rebuilding the nation after the Civil
War called ?
31. Reconstruction
32. What 3 amendments were
approved during Reconstruction ?
32. 13th, ending slavery
14th, defining citizenship and
giving equal protection and due
process to all citizens
15th , giving the right to vote
regardless of color or having been a
slave
33. What was the organization that 33. Freedman’s Bureau
helped freed slaves adjust to their
new lives ?
34. What were Black Codes ?
34. Laws that limited the rights of
African Americans
35. What was the name given to
Northerners who traveled South to
try to run things during
Reconstruction ?
35. Carpetbaggers
36. The Civil War started when
states started to secede from the
Union. What does secede mean ?
36. To withdraw membership