Politicians
Battles
Slavery
Vocabulary
Generals
100
The President of the United States during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
What is Battle of Antietam?
100
Plantation owners wanted slaves to pick this crop
What is cotton?
100
The North forces were also called this
What is the Union?
100
The Commanding General of the Confederate troops at Gettysburg
Who was Robert E. Lee
200
The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who was Jefferson Davis?
200
This battle is reenacted every year in Keokuk, Iowa
What is The Battle of Pea Ridge?
200
She made many trips to the South to help other slaves escape.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
The Northerners were called Yankees and the Southerners were called this
What were Rebels?
200
This Union General accepted the surrender from Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
President of the United States after Lincoln was assassinated
Who was Andrew Johnson?
300
This 3 day battle was the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War
What is The Battle of Gettysburg?
300
A stop on the Underground Railroad where runaway slaves could find food and shelter
What is Station House?
300
Religious group that helped many slaves escape to freedom
Who are Quakers?
300
This Confederate General led an unsuccessful charge at Gettysburg
Who was George Pickett?
400
This man defeated Lincoln for the Senate in 1858 and lost to him for President in 1860
Who was Stephen A. Douglas?
400
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Ft. Sumter?
400
People sent to capture and return runaway slaves were called this
What are slave hunters?
400
These people wanted slavery outlawed everywhere
Who are abolitionists?
400
This Union General burned Atlanta and led the March to the Sea
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
500
This man negotiated the Missouri Compromise
Who was Henry Clay?
500
This battle gave the Union army control over the Mississippi River
What is The Battle of Vicksburg?
500
Lincoln issued this to free the slaves
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
500
This term describes what the southern states did when they withdrew from the United States of America
What is secession?
500
This former Commanding General of the Union forces ran unsuccessfully against Lincoln for President in 1864
Who was George B. McClellan?
M
e
n
u