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Civil War TN
Question | Answer |
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A plan that included admitting California into the Union as a free state. | Compromise of 1850 |
Supreme court case deciding that slaves were property. | Dred Scott |
A law requiring Northerners to capture escaped slaves and return them to the South. | Fugitive Slave Law |
Plan that maintained the balance of power between the North and South. | Missouri Compromise |
Site of the first conflict between the North and South. | Ft. Sumter |
President of the Confederacy. | Jefferson Davis |
Ran against Abe Lincoln in 1858. | Stephen Douglas |
Novel that helped people understand slavery as a social problem. | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Union plan to divide the Confederacy and cut off its supplies. | Anacanda Plan |
First battle of the Civil War; defeat for the Union. | Bull Run |
Confederate leader order Pickett's charge; struck Union during the Seven Days War. | Robert E. Lee |
Battle site where Lincoln gave a famous speech. | Gettysburg |
Ex-slave who demanded that slaves be allowed to fight in the Civil War. | Frederick Douglass |
Bloodiest day of the Civil War, September 17, 1862. | Antietam |
Site where Lee surrendered. | Appotomattox |
What were some of the most important technological adavancements used during the civil war? | Telegraphs and hot air ballons. |
What helped Lincoln win the election of 1864? | The Emancipation Proclamation. |
Why did the Union wannt to capture the Mississippi? | To divide the Confederacy into two. |