Civil War - A Nation Divided

Question 1

The name given to the Pro-Slavery Missourians that crossed the Kansas border to vote on slavery

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Border Ruffians

Question 2

William Tecumseh Sherman's "march to the sea" headed toward

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Savannah, GA

Question 3

This Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more

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Dred Scott Case

Question 4

Women, for the first time in the Civil War, served as

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nurses

Question 5

The main goal of the North at the beginning of the war was to

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reunite the country

Question 6

This presidential candidate of 1860 was not listed on the ballots in the south

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Abraham Lincoln

Question 7

The bloodiest day of the entire Civil War was the Battle of

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Antietam

Question 8

Clara Barton worked with wounded soldiers and later founded the

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American Red Cross

Question 9

Abraham Lincoln signed this on Jan 1, 1863

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Emancipation Proclamation

Question 10

The first iron clad ship was the Southern warship known as the

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Merrimack

Question 11

Southerners justified secession with the theory of

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states' rights

Question 12

The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

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slavery

Question 13

When a state breaks away from their parent-country

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Secession

Question 14

The Confederate Capital only 100 miles from Washington DC

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Richmond, VA

Question 15

Confederate ships that broke through the North's line of defense

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blockade runners

Question 16

Admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the Senate because

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it would upset the balance

Question 17

A cavalry is

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soldiers on horseback

Question 18

a wooden ship plated in iron is known as a/an

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Iron Clad

Question 19

Stephen A. Douglas proposed letting the people decide about slavery through

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popular sovereignty

Question 20

The battle that began when the Union cavalry surprised the rebel infantry raiding for shoes

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Gettysburg

Question 21

African Americans in the North greeted the Emancipation Proclamation

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happily

Question 22

This Harriet Beecher Stowe book showed the brutality of slavery

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 23

48 Virginia counties organized themselves as a separate state called

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West Virginia

Question 24

This battle was named after a small church

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Shiloh

Question 25

Guarantees accused individuals the right to a hearing before being jailed

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habeas corpus

Question 26

This radical abolitionist led a raid on Harper's Ferry

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John Brown

Question 27

The Appomattox Courthouse is famous because it is the site of

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Robert E. Lee's surrender

Question 28

This Mississippi Senator/West Point grad was the 1st president of the Confederate States of Am.

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Jefferson Davis

Question 29

This is the first state to secede from the Union

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South Carolina

Question 30

What is known as the turning point of the Civil War

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Gettysburg

Question 31

This is the first territory to shed blood in a civil war over slavery

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Kansas

Question 32

Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act led to

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more anger in the North

Question 33

Who won the Civil War?

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The Union

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