LEADERS
Who was President of the Confederate States of America during the war?
Jefferson Davis
First battle of the Civil War
Battle of Fort Sumter
What were the two major causes of the Civil War
slavery and states' rights
What is the meaning of the word "seceede" in relation to the Civil War
To break away or leave a country
Who said,"With malice toward none; with charity for all" and what event was this?
2nd Inaugural address
It was 269 words long....
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Confederate general whose bold tactics won key battles until his death at Chancellorsville
Stonewall Jackson
Many "non-combatants" watched this battle on July 21 1861
Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
January 1, 1863 Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which led to which amendment?
Thirteenth
During the Civil War, General Sherman's March to the Sea ended in which city in Georgia?
Savannah
On July 28, 1866, Vinnie (Lavinia) Ream an 18 year old girl, became the first woman in the United States to win a commission for a statue....Of who?
Abraham Lincoln...it is in the Capitol Rotunda
Why did black soldiers refuse their salary for 18 months?
They were paid less than white soldiers. When corrected it was retroactive to enlistment date.
Skilled calvary commander known for reconnaissance
J.E.B. Stuart
Lee defeats Hooker's army, but loses Stonewall Jackson
Battle of Chancellorsville
What were the main differences between the economies of the Morth and South during the Civil War
North - manufacturing
South - agricultural
What was the main goal of Reconstruction after the Civil War?
To rebuild and reunite the country
On February 25, 1870, history was made at the Capitol...what happened?
Hiram Rhodes Revels, an African American man from Mississippi, was sworn in as a US Senator, the first African American member of US Congress.
On June 1, 1863, she and a Union Colonel led a raid that freed 720 slaves.
Harriet Tubman
Famous for the "March to the Sea", a total war campaign that devastated Southern infratructure.
William Tecumseh Sherman
This Battle is know as the turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
What was the main preceding event that led to southern states seceeding?
Abraham Lincoln's election
What was the purpose of the 14th and 15th amendments?
14th citizenship
15th vote
On May 16, 1866, the United States congress authorized the minting of a new 5 cent piece, the "nickel".....What did it replace?
The "half-dime"
In 1863 Robert E. Lee's estate was condiscated by the U. S. Government. Why?
Non-payment of taxes $92.07
Commander at Gettysburg, Union forces' decisive victory that halted Lee's invasion
George G. Meade
This Four-day battle fought in Virginia in December 1862, across a river and up a hill.
Battle of Fredericksburg
In 1789, this man submitted many bills to the British Parliment to abolish slave trade. In 1807 it was done.
William Wilberforce
What decade in the 1800's were Jim Crow laws passed in the South?
1870's
On November 16, 1871, a national association received it's charter from the State of New York, starting a long and distinguished history. What was it?
NRA The National Rifle Association
What per cent of Civil War deaths were from disease?
2/3 or 66%