Events Pre-war
The event that made Missouri and Maine a state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
The president of the United States during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The speech by Abraham Lincoln that inspired people to keep fighting in the war.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
The most deadly and the bloodiest battle in the civil war with over 54,000 deaths.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
The event that made the first state (South Carolina) choose to secede.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
The General of the Confederate States of America's army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The main way that made it so the slaves could get to the north without as much worry of being found.
What was the Underground Railroad?
The bloodiest single day in the entire Civil War.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
The law that makes it so all slaves have to return to their "owners" if any white person says so.
What is the Fugitive Slave Law?
The main general of the United States military during the war.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The letter that freed all the slaves in the South, but mostly just showed that Abe's ideals changed.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
The absolute destruction of Georgia, over 60,000 men marched from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia.
What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
The event that got rid of the Missouri Compromise, and allowed settlers in these territories to choose if they wanted slavery or not.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The general who lead 60,000 men through Georgia destroying villages.
Who was William T. Sherman?
The surrender of the South, the war finally ended.
What was Appomattox Court House?
The starting of the war, not an actual battle, but a full bombardment from the South.
What was Fort Sumter?
The "pre-civil war" in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.
What is Bleeding Kansas?
Who was Thomas J. Jackson?
The prisoner of war camp that was stuffed full of people, and people were starved, was supposed to have 10,000 people, had around 45,000.
What was Andersonville?
The very first actual battle of the Civil War, people came to watch the North absolutely dominate the South and had picnics
What was the First Battle of Bull Run