Civil War

Front

People who worked to end slavery were called _____.

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abolitionists

Front

Southerners were upset when Lincoln was elected president because:

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they believed he might one day end slavery.

Front

Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation said _____: the U.S. was free from Great Britain, the Civil War would end, the slaves in the Confederacy would be freed if the North won the war, Reconstruction would start.

Back

the slaves in the Confederacy would be freed if the North won the war

Front

Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important to the Civil War?

Back

It was a turning point because the North started winning more and more battles.

Front

More factories, more railroads, more soldiers, and a better navy were all ______________.

Back

Union advantages

Front

Better officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack were

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Confederate advantages

Front

This event caused a lot of fear in the South about the future of slavery: the election of Jefferson Davis, High tariffs, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the death of Stonewall Jackson.

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

Front

The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

Back

Fort Sumter

Front

What was the major goal of the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War?

Back

To become independent

Front

This would have freed the enslaved people in Confederate states if the Union won the war.

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The Emancipation Proclamation