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Lincoln/Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is known as laws designed to control the behavior of slaves in the South? | Slave Codes |
| What was one of the SLAVE CODES that order people to return slaves back to their owners or be fined or jailed for helping them? | Fugitive Slave Act |
| What is known as a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves that led from the South to the North or Canada? | The Underground Railroad |
| What type of people were fighting against the cruel ways of the southern slavery states? | Free and enslaved people |
| What are abolitionists known as who help escaped slaves from the southern states to reach North or Canada, like Fredrick Douglass or Harriet Tugman of the underground Railroad? | Conductors |
| Who was a known abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became a conductor on the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tugman |
| What newspaper was written to stop slavery and its cruelty in the Southern States? | The Liberator |
| What was the name of the editor of the Liberator newspaper which wrote against slavery and its cruelties? | William Lloyd Garrison |
| About how many slaves used the Underground Railroad to escape to the northern states or Canada? | Between 40,000 to 100,000 slaves |
| Before the Civil War started, about how many slaves did Harriet Tubman rescued from Southern state slavery? | She guided 70 enslaved people |
| Who was an abolitionist that fought through speeches using the BIBLE against slavery and spoke in behave of women’s rights in America? | Sojourner Truth |
| In the election of 1860, what happened to the Democratic political party? | Democratic party split into “two” parts |
| Who was chosen for the Presidential candidate for the “Republican” party? | Abraham Lincoln |
| When did Abraham Lincoln beat Stephen Douglas in the Presidential race? | 1860 |
| What law did Lincoln issued to free the slaves of the south during the Civil War? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| What new celebrated holiday was created by the southern states for the “Emancipation Proclamation” & when is it celebrated? | JUNETEENTH, it is celebrated on June 19th |
| During the Civil War, what two groups were fighting each other during the Civil War? | Northern States (Union) vs. Southern States (Confederate) |
| What presidential speech was given by Abraham Lincoln that honored the fallen Union & Confederate soldiers? | Gettysburg Address |
| Where did the Confederate army finally declared surrender to the Union army for the Civil War? | Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia |
| Which generals declared surrender and accept surrender from the opposed side? | General Lee’s surrendered (South) to General Grant (North) |
| What side won the Civil War in American History? | The Northern states (Union) won the Civil War |
| In the south, the demand for cotton was great for what particular items? | Clothes and Thread |
| What did Sojourner Truth used to spread her word against slavery, because she could not read or write? | THE BIBLE |
| Who was the abolitionist that gave speeches about slavery being wrong and help escaped slaves in the North? | Fredrick Douglass |
| Who were the main women that fought for the equality rights for women in America? | Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
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