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Who is Harriet Tubman
Maryland born fugitive slave who helped with the Underground Railroad
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When is 1820
The Missouri Compromise took place in.
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What is the Underground Railroad
The secret passage led by conductors to help free slaves
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False
True or False, Lincoln was a successful senator before he was elected president
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What is Missouri Kentucky Delaware Maryland
What are 2 of the 4 border states
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Who is William T Sherman
Broke the will of the south with his total war campaign
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When is 1860
This was year Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, and Breckenridge fought for presidency.
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What is South Carolina
This was the first state to secede in 1860
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What is Douglas and Breckinridge
These two men in the election of 1860 represented the Democratic party
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What is Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln came from what state?
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Who is Dred Scott
Slave who sued for his freedom after he was taken above the 36X30 line
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When is 1865
When The Civil War ended at Appomattox Courthouse
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What is West Virginia
What is the only state that was added to the United States during the Civil War
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What is Republican party
Lincoln created this party after the Whigs died off
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What is 11
Total amount of states to secede and join the Confederacy
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Who is Harriet Beacher Stowe
Published Uncle Tom's Cabin
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When is 1850
The Compromise of ______ added California as a free state.
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What is Fugitive Slave Act
Required Northerners to return escaped slaves to owners
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Who is George McClellan
Former General who would run against Lincoln in the election of 1864 with the platform of ending the Civil War
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What is a war in which resources become the deciding factor in a victory
Describe War of Attrition
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Who is Robert E. Lee
General who originally was with the North, but quit and joined the South when his home state seceded
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When is 1854
The Kansas - Nebraska act took place at this time
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What is the Battle of Gettysburg
What Battle was the turning point in The Civil War, with Minnesota and Maine playing a large role
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Who is Jefferson Davis
The Southern Senator who would be selected to be President of the CSA
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What is people in the area are able to decide their own laws
Describe Popular Sovereignty
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