The American Civil War

What was the first all-black regiment of Union soldiers?

Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution freed the slaves?

In order to make slavery sound less bad, what did southerners refer to it as?

What group wanted to transport all freed slaves to an African colony?

Which of the following were anti-slavery, abolitionist newspapers? (select two)

Who was the first Republican president?

The Battle of ____ in July 1863 gave the Union army total control of the Mississippi River & cut the Confederacy in half

True or False: All opponents of slavery wanted immediate abolition without compensating slave owners.

Why did southern whites restrict movement and education of their slaves?

The _____________ Party was founded in 1854 on the platform of abolishing slavery.

In 1852, the northern white author _______ wrote ______, a novel about the conflict between a slave and his brutal owner

True or False: Slavery supporters used the Bible to support it, but opponents of slavery used only reason and economics.

Those who wanted to keep slavery out of the western territories but not abolish it altogether were called _____

Due to the hard, nearly hopeless circumstances of their lives, what did most African Americans turn to for hope?

What did free black people in the South have to do to keep from being kidnapped and enslaved by slave traders?

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ____________ in April 1861.

________ escaped slavery to the north, then went back to the south 19 times to help 300 others escape.

The last American slaves were finally notified of their emancipation and released in ________ on __________.

While there were approximately 4 million enslaved African Americans in 1860, how many free blacks lived in America?

What movement encouraged many northerners to view slavery as a sin?