American Civil War

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North's cultural ideology
Industrialize, mass production
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South's cultural ideology
Plantations
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Controversial Law that was a part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it easier to track down certain runaway slaves
Fugitive Slave Act
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System to try to help slave escape
Underground Railroad
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Loved Professional Wrestling
Abraham Lincoln
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War Lincoln was Captain in 
Black Hawks War
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Abraham Lincoln strongly spoke out against this war with the Spot Resolutions
Mexican-American War
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This man proposed the idea of making a railroad westered in so creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
Stephen Douglas
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This man proposed the idea of repealing the Missouri Comprise of 1820
Stephen Douglas
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The year the Kansas-Nebraska Act was created
1854
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This Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave each the right to decide whether or not to permit slavery when it joined the Union
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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This conflict saw Henry Pete's followers drafted at the Battle of Black Jack
Bleeding Kansas
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Francis Coleman's shooting of Charles Dow began a skirmish near the Wakarusa River during this conflict
Bleeding Kansas
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One side during this conflict received Sharp Rifles from a Brooklyn minister which became known as Beecher's Bibles
Bleeding Kansas
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Thomas Higginson and Franklin Sanborn were part of this group
Secret Six
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The Secret Six had a raid on what Creek
Pottawatomie
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Both Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglas were both helped plan this attack but did not participate
Raid on Harpers Ferry
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One of Brown's sons and a small amount of men kidnapped what man
Colonel Lewis Washington
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President Buchanan sent what man to stop Brown at Harpers Ferry
Robert E. Lee
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Stephen Douglas was part of what party in the Election of 1860
Democratic Party
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John Breckinridge was apart of what party in the Election of 1860
Southern Democratic Party
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What man was in charge of Fort Sumter
Robert Anderson
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Anderson moved two weak companies from this place to Fort Sumter
Fort Moultrie
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Who was Maj. Robert Anderson fighting
Francis Pickens
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Who was the general ordered by Pickens to attack fort Sumter
P.G.T. Beauregard
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What was the ship President Buchanan sent to Fort Sumter
Star of the West
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When did Anderson surrender
April 1861
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Who had less people in the American Civil War
The South
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What was the plan the incircle the South
Anaconda Plan
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Who was the Union general in the First Battle of Bill Run
Irvin McDowell
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Who was the Confederate Gen. during the First Battle of Bull Run
Beauregard
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What Confederate joined the First Battle of Bull Run because Gen. McDowell was too cautious
Joseph Johnston
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Name of the hill the Union army pushed during the First Battle of Bull Run
Henry House Hill
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Who observed the First Battle of Bill Run in his homemade ballon called the Enterprise
Thaddeus Lowe
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People watching the First Battle of Bull Run ran after the battle during what
The Great Skedaddle
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This Gen. earned his famous nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run
Stonewall Jackson
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The losing side of the First Battle of Bull Run tried crossing what but were stopped by Nathan Evens
Stone Bridge
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Who was killed during the First Battle of Bull Run but not before noting that Thomas Jackson's brigade stood like a stonewall
Barnard Bee
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Who distinguished himself at Chapultepec
Thomas Jackson
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Jedediah Hotchkiss was this man's cartographer
Thomas Jackson
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This General fought the Battle of Shiloh
General Grant
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This generals tardiness lead to the union escape at the seven days battles
Thomas Jackson
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This Gen. dug in at Yorktown during the Seven Days Battle
George B. McClellan
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McClellan faced this general at Yorktown during the Seven Days Battle
Magruder
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Name of the Places the Seven Days Battles happened
Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill
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Who found a instrumental hidden pass at Cerro Gordo
Robert E. Lee
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Where was Stonewall Jackson's masterful performance
Shenandoah Valley
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Who ordered Gen. McClellan to help Gen. Pope after the failure of McClellan's Peninsular Campaign
Henry Halleck
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Who did Halleck order McClellan to help
John Pope
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Who was the Union general at the Second Battle of Bull Run
John Pope
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What country looked like it was going to join in the side of the confederacy
UK
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What did the North find that belonged to the South
Gen. Lee's Special Order 191 wrapped in some cigars
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Where did the Battle of Antietam open at
Hagerstown Turnpike
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What church did they fight at during the Battle of Antietam
Dunker Church
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Which general captured a stone bridge
Gen. Burnside
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What did Lincoln issue after the Battle of Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
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What battle did Gen. Burnside lead in
Battle of Fredericksburg
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For tending to the opposite side's troops Richard Rowland Kirkland became known as the "angel" of a location in this battle
Battle of Fredericksburg
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This battle ended a Union advance on Richmond, and, after it, Joseph Hooker replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander.
Battle of Fredericksburg
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Two Battle with Longstreet is really only mentioned in
Chickamauga and Fredericksburg
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First Battle Gen. Hooker lead in
Battle of Chancellorsville
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John Sedgwick's inability to communicate to his superior led to one side's inaction and that superior refused to hand over command despite being hit in the leg by a cannonball in the fighting around Salem Church.
Battle of Chancellorsville
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Who died at the battle of Chancellorsville?
General Stonewall Jackson
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Smaller battles at Port Gibson and Champion Hill took place in the run-up to this battle.
Vicksburg
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The forces of John C. Pemberton surrendered on July 4 ending this battle
Vicksburg
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Who led the siege of Vicksburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Reinforcements landing at Pittsburg Landing allowed the Union to counterattack on the second day of this battle.
Battle of Shiloh
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William Tecumseh Sherman's troops were overrun at the beginning of this battle in which Albert Sydney Johnston was killed.
Battle of Shiloh
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Brandy Station, the war's largest cavalry engagement delayed J.E.B Stuart's advance to this battle
Battle of Gettysburg
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Cemetery Ridge was attacked in Pickett's Charge in this battle.
Battle of Gettysburg
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An opening skirmish to this battle saw John Buford hold his own for two hours against a larger force led by A. P. Hill but he was forced to retreat upon the arrival of Richard Ewell.
Battle of Gettysburg
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This man ran out of Richmond in women's clothing
Jefferson Davis
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This man's wife Sarah died very young and was the daughter of his commanding officer
Jefferson Davis
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Wilmer McLean's town
Appomattox Court House
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Who Surrender to who
Gen Lee. to Gen. Grant
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Lincoln went to go see this play
My American Cousin
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Lincoln was killed by
John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth was killed by
Boston Corbett