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NWHG Ch 10
10.1 and 10.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What invention helped to make cotton a valuable Southern crop? | Eli Whitney's cotton gin |
| What group of people opposed slavery? | abolitionists |
| What was the name of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book which portrayed the evils of slavery? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Which president said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Where were the first shots of the War Between the States fired? | Fort Sumter, SC |
| Who was the leader of the Union troops? | U.S. Grant |
| Who was the leader of the Confederate troops? | Robert E. Lee |
| What was the nickname earned by Thomas Jackson at the Battle of Bull Run? | "Stonewall" |
| Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who is on the carving on the face of Stone Mountain? | Gen. Robert E. Lee, President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| Name the two ironclads who fought off the coast of Virginia | USS Monitor and CSS Merrimac |
| What was the name of the secret network of escape routes and hiding places betweent he South and Canada? | Underground Railroad |
| What were people called who led people along the Underground Railroad? | conductors |
| Name one famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. | Harriet Tubman |
| What soldiers were called "Yankees"? | Those fighting for the Union |
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