Pre Civil War - Civil War

Which word means: the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body?

Which group was willing to help slaves liberate themselves even if it meant breaking the law?

The South during the U.S. Civil War was also known as?

What was significant about the first person killed in John Brown’s raid in Harper’s Ferry?

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

Into the 1850’s, which issue continued to cause tension between the North and South?

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Per the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the Union as a slave state?

Per the Missouri Compromise, which state entered the Union as a free state?

Who won the Presidential election of 1860?

Leading up to the Civil War, what type of economy did the South predominantly rely on?

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

This battle was the single bloodiest day in American military history?

Which landmark case ruled that black people were not citizens and had no right to sue?

Why was Kansas bleeding?

Which law required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners?

Who won the first Battle of Bull Run/Manassas?

Why did John Brown’s raid ultimately fail?

Which word means: cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority?

Which group felt that slaves were their property?

What year did California become a state?

Which word means: loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country?

Approximately how many men were killed at Gettysburg?

Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which book described in detail the cruelties of slavery?

Lead Commander of the Union Army during the Civil War?

What was the name of the “President of the Underground Railroad”?

What date was the Emancipation Proclamation issued on?

Which group accepted slavery where it was but was against it expanding into new territories?

Who helped 300 slaves reach freedom and served as a spy, nurse and scout during the Civil War?

How did popular sovereignty effect Kansas and Nebraska?

The North during the U.S. Civil War was also known as?

Which was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850

How many African-Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War?

Which border did the U.S. and Mexico disagree about prior to the Mexican/American War?

Which word means: official announcement, especially dealing with a matter of great importance?

Lead Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?