civil war stuff

Abraham lincoln

"a house divided against itself cannot stand"

sam houston

who was deposed as governor when he tried to stop texas from joining the confederacy

Jefferson davis

who was the president of the confederate government

11

how many states total seceded from the union

33

how many states were in the union when Lincoln was elected president

eli whitney

who invented the cotton gin

no

did slave marriages have legal status

power

new states being added to the union threatened the equilibrium of _____________

compromise

the civil war started because americans failed to ________________

wilmer mclain

the first battle of the civil war and the surrender that ended it both occurred on what man's property

dred scott

the supreme court refused to free what slave that had lived on free soil for many years

harpers ferry

what city did john brown attatck, hoping to rally slaves to fight for their freedom

cotton gin

what invention increased cotton production and the demand for slaves

republican

what new political party nominated abe Lincoln for the election of 1860

2%

what percent of the American population died in the civil war?

democrats

what political party was "fatally split over the issue of slavery"

john brown

what strange man dedicated his life to the destruction of slavery and started many violent attacks in an attempt to end it

Robert e lee

what us army colonel led the force that captured john brown

uncle toms cabin

what was the book written by harriet beecher stowe in 1852, portraying the cruelty of slavery

south Carolina

what was the first state to secede

the liberator

whats the name of the anti slavery newspaper by William Lloyd garrison

1861 to 1865

when did the civil war start and when did it end