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English 16 Public

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This issue, a key belief of the republican party, was the main sectional issue that divided the country.

Slavery

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What political party, founded in 1854, wanted to stop the spread of slavery?

Republican Party

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Which side believed that the union of the nation was voluntary and could be ended?

Southern States

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What term means that the people of each state would vote to decide the issue of slavery?

Popular Sovereignty

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What was the name of the compromise of the mid 1800s that established popular sovereignty?

Kansas Nebraska Act

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What event finally triggered the southern states to start seceding?

Lincoln's Election

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Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the president of the confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

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Who was the commander of the confederate Army of Northern Virginia?

Robert E Lee

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Who was the commander of Union forces at the end of the war?

Ulysses S. Grant

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What was the first battle of the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

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What was the first major land battle of the Civil War?

First Bull Run

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What battle divided the south at the Mississippi?

Vicksburg

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Which battle was a turning point of the war where Lee's invasion of the North was repelled?

Gettysburg

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What event marked the end of the Civil War?

Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House

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Which side won the Civil War?

The Union

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