Civil War Review Game

The Lincoln Douglas Debates took place in...

The President of the Confederacy

The Leader of the Union Army

The group of Southern States that seceded from the United States

An elongated, violent conflict between at least 2 groups of established armies

The Supreme Court dismissed the Dred Scott Case because...

Freedom from a controlling body

A conflict involving violence

What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the American people?

Select the Union State.

Who were the famous 54th Massachusetts?

Wrote an abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin

A way of thinking that an individual's first responsibility is to one's nation

Tried to sue for his freedom but lost

Allowed new western states to decide by popular sovereignty if slavery would be allowed 

What was the Anaconda Plan?

A runaway slave that led other slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Why was the Battle at Fort Sumter significant?

The Leader of the Confederate Army

A conflict between people from the same country or background

Which was a problem facing the South before the Civil War?

The 16th President of the United States known for his Emancipation Proclamation Speech

Select the Border State.

Who was the first state to secede from the Union?

A way of thinking that people had the right to expand as they chose

When settlers traveled westward in search of riches

Select the Confederate State

President before Lincoln, did nothing to stop the Southern Sessecion

The Northern States that stayed with the Union during the Civil War

Most Western States that did not agree with Eastern politics

When multiple farmers own pieces of a large plantation

Debated Lincoln in the debates for the 1858 Election

Select the Confederate State

Which was a problem facing the North before the Civil War?

Select the Union State

When one man takes away another man's basic rights as a human being

Why was the Battle at Gettysburg significant? 

A speech made by Lincoln addressing slavery

To leave or separate from an established country

An injured or dead person as a result of war

Which was a problem facing the West before the Civil War?

A person working to pay off a debt

A law that made it illegal to not return escaped slaves

What was the primary cash crop of the Southern States during the Civil War?

When a state votes on whether slavery will be allowed in that state

The Civil War lasted ______ years

A plot to kill an important government figure

Which was a problem facing North Carolina before the Civil War?

Select the Border State.

Led an abolitionist raid of Harper's Ferry