Civil War/Slavery

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  1. 3. What was the name of the tool that removed seeds from raw cotton that also increased the want for slaves?
  2. 11. 16th President of the United States and known for getting emancipation for slaves in the US.
  3. 12. Name of the side that was fighting for the right to own slaves
  4. 17. The idea of being more loyal to towards one's state than their own country.
  5. 18. Person who escaped slavery and became a conductor for the Underground Railroad
  6. 19. Ordered by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1st 1863 that called for the freedom of all slaves
  7. 20. Required all escaped slaves to return to their masters after captured. Citizens of Free States were required to help in the capturing of the slaves.
  8. 22. Who was the man that assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
  9. 23. What is the name of the battle known as the “bloodiest battle”?
  10. 25. First state to secede from the Union after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1848.
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  1. 1. What was the name of the man who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom from slavery in 1857?
  2. 2. On April 12, 1861 the first battle of the Civil War took place, where did it occur?
  3. 4. Known for leading a charge on Harper's Ferry to take their weapons and arm a slave rebellion in 1859
  4. 5. What was the name of the general of the Union who won the battle of Gettysburg?
  5. 6. Proposed by Henry Clay that would not allow slavery over the 36°30 parallel line.
  6. 7. Means the freeing of someone of slavery. What the Union was fighting for the slaves to get.
  7. 8. Name of the Confederate general who surrendered at the Appomattox Court house in 1865?
  8. 9. Repealed the Missouri Compromise and would allow the people of Kansas and Nebraska to do decide if they would be pro or anti slavery.
  9. 10. Who was the President of the newly configured South government?
  10. 11. People who fought for the emancipation of slaves were known as…
  11. 13. Who was the man that invented a machine that that removed seeds from raw cotton, and greatly increased the want for slaves and slave labor?
  12. 14. New political party that emerged in the 1848 presidential election that had a main goal to keep slavery out of the newly acquired western territories
  13. 15. African American abolitionist and former slave who wrote about the true horrors of slavery in his newspaper called the “North Star”.
  14. 16. Amendment that was ratified in December of 1865 that banned all slavery
  15. 21. Proposed by David Wilmot and would not allow slavery in the newly acquired western territory from Mexico.
  16. 24. What was the name of the side that was fighting for the preservation of the country, and to end slavery?