Causes of the Civil War Review/Vocabulary #2

Question 1

Which of these people were abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 2

What year did the Civil War start?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 3

What was the code name for Harriet Tubman on the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 4

Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 5

Did the Supreme Court grant Dred Scott his freedom?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 6

location where the Civil War officially started

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 7

founder of the American Red Cross

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 8

Who was the man that became famous for leading a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 9

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 10

president of the Confederate States of America

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 11

What is the term for a military draft?

Accepted Answer

conscription

Question 12

The polical party Abraham Lincoln helped to form

Accepted Answer

Republican

Question 13

What was the safest place for slaves to get to to be truly free?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 14

How many states seceded from the Union?

Accepted Answer

11

Question 15

Who was the 15th President of the United States of America?

Accepted Answer

James Buchanan

Question 16

What was the line of latitude which was used to divide the "free" states from the "slave"?

Accepted Answer

36,30

Question 17

Which of these people led an infamous slave revolt?

Accepted Answer

Nat Turner

Question 18

the term for an escaped slave who fought for the Union Army

Accepted Answer

contraband

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