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The Civil War
By Sharon Beeks
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Important Battles
Slavery—
to be or not to be
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3. The President of the United States during the Civil War
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4. Abraham Lincoln

5. The President of the Confederacy
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6. Who was Jefferson Davis

7. Two of the Confederate Generals
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8. Who were Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee

9. Two of the Union Generals
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10. Who were Grant, Meade, Sherman, Sheridan, McLellan

11. A nurse during the War
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12. Who was Clara Barton

13. This was the first battle of the War, and a big Confederate win
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14. Bull Run)

15. A northern victory fought in Tennessee, near the Mississippi River
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16. Shiloh)

17. The only major naval battle which ended in a tie
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18. Merimack vs. Monitor

19. Pickett’s Charge was part of this battle
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20. Gettysburg)

21. The start of the Civil War
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22. attack on Fort Sumter

23. This Compromise allowed the balance of free and slave states to remain equal
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24. (Missouri Compromise)

25. This Act forced northerners to catch runaway slaves with a punishment of being fined or jailed
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26. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850)

27. This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, put the harsh reality of slavery out in the open
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28. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)

29. The Daily Double!
Guerilla warfare was used in this conflict that broke out in the Kansas and Nebraska territories (
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30. Bleeding Kansas)

31. This Compromise, which had five parts, allowed California to enter the Union as a free state
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32. (Compromise of 1850)

33. Abraham Lincoln was a member of this political party
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34. Republicans

35. This party believed in keeping slavery out of western territories
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36. Free-Soil Party)

37. This case which came to the Supreme Court was an important milestone in the debate of whether slavery should be allowed in certain territories
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38. (Dred Scott v. Sanford)

39. This party formed as a result of Whigs and Democrats agreeing to be against slavery (
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40. Republicans

41. These debates for Senator were so important because of the topic of slavery
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42. (Lincoln-Douglas debates)

43. Strengths included having a greater total population, more factory production, and the majority of railroad mileage
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44. North

45. This side’s strategy included fighting a defensive war
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46. South

47. Weaknesses of this side included being a new nation, not having a strong central government, and having a weak economy
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48. South

49. The battle of Fredericksburg was one of this side’s worst defeats
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50. North

51. The only regiment made up of African-Americans who fought at Ft
The only regiment made up of African-Americans who fought at Ft. Wagner were fighting for this side
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52. North