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Week 6
Day 1 | MONDAY
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What was the South like
prior to the Civil War?
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What was the North like
prior to the Civil War?
1. Economy based on factories,
shipbuilding, and trade
2. Poor climate and rocky soil
3. No cash crops, farmers were poor
4. No slavery after Revolutionary War
4. People lived mainly in large cities
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What was the “imaginary”
boundary line between the
North and South called?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Which region, the North
or South, had more public
education due to religious
groups wanting people to
be able to read the Bible?
The North
What invention caused the
dependence on slave labor
to increase in the South?
The Cotton Gin
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Economy based on agriculture
Good climate and soil for growing
Cash crops made land owners rich
Depended on slavery for wealth
People lived mainly in rural towns
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Week 6
Day 2 | TUESDAY
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What were the names of
the two newspapers the
Abolitionists William Lloyd
Garrison and Frederick
Douglass published?
Garrison – The Liberator
Douglass – The North Star
Who was the AfricanAmerican woman who had
been a former slave and
became a powerful speaker
about slavery and women’s
rights?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the most successful
“conductor” on the
Underground Railroad
and was known as Moses?
Harriet Tubman
Who wrote the book Uncle
Tom’s Cabin that revealed
the cruelty of slavery and
caused the Abolitionists to
gain much sympathy by
people in the North?
Harriet Beeches Stowe
Who was the Abolitionist
that moved to Kansas to fight
against it becoming a “slave
state”? He led a raid at
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia.
John Brown
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Week 6
Day 3 | WEDNESDAY
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Why did the South NOT
want Abraham Lincoln to
become President of the
United States?
They were afraid he would take
away their right to own slaves.
What is it called when the
people of a region are more
interested in the well-being of
their area instead of the wellbeing of the country?
Sectionalism
What were the states called
that were “slave states”, but
still remained in the Union
during the Civil War?
Border States
What was the idea called
that states should have the
ability to decide if they
wanted to be a “slave” or
“free state”?
State’s Rights
What state was the first to
secede from the Union?
South Carolina
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Week 6
Day 4 | THURSDAY
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Where was the first battle
fought in the Civil War?
Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC
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What were the three
strategies the North used
to beat the South in the
Civil War?
1. Blockade the southern ports so
they couldn’t get supplies
2. Take over the Southern capital
at Richmond, VA
3. Split the Confederacy in two
at the Mississippi River
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What battle was the turning
point of the Civil War?
The Battle of Gettysburg: the North
won, but both side lost many men.
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What was the order issued
by President Lincoln that
declared that the slaves
in all states that left the
Union were freed?
The Emancipation Proclamation
After four years of fighting,
where did General Lee finally
surrender to General Grant,
thus ending the Civil War?
At Appomattox Court House, VA
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Week 6
Day 5 | FRIDAY
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Who were the Presidents
and military leaders for both
sides during the Civil War?
What were physical
environments like in the
North and South after the
Civil War?
South
-Jefferson Davis – President
-Robert E. Lee – General
North
-Abraham Lincoln – President
-Ulysses S. Grant – General
North
Very little change, since only a few
battles were actually fought there
South
it was devastated; plantations and
cities were burned; farmland ruined
What effect did the
Civil War have on women?
On both sides, women were left
to care for families and manage
businesses. They acted as nurses,
made bandages, and clothes to
support the war effort on both sides.
What did most slaves do
during the Civil War?
Most stayed on the plantations
and worked. After the Emancipation
Proclamation, some went to fight
in the Civil War on the Union side.
What impact did the Civil
War have on the civilians
who were left back home
and didn’t fight in the war?
In the North, civilians were not
affected. They had plenty of food
and businesses prospered as they
produced weapons, etc. for the war.
In the South, the civilians suffered
from lack of food and supplies as
northern ships blocked supply lines.
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