People
Politics
Leaders
Battles
Miscellaneous
100
John C. Calhoun
Who was the Southern leader in favor of states' rights?
100
Missouri Compromise
What is another name for the Compromise of 1820?
100
Abraham Lincoln
Who became the first Republican president in 1860?
100
Vicksburg
Where in Mississippi did General Grant win a great victory?
100
Civil War
What is the war between the North and the South called?
200
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
200
Fugitive Slave Law
What is the name of the law that stated Northerners had to help capture escaped slaves?
200
Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
200
Battle of Bull Run or First Manassas
What is the first battle of the Civil War known as?
200
Merrimac
What is the name of the famous Southern ironclad?
300
John Brown
Who was the man from Kansas that lead a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
300
Underground Railroad
What is the name of the network of people and safe houses that helped slaves escape to Canada?
300
William T. Sherman
Who lead the Union forces on a march that divided the South?
300
Battle of Gettysburg
What three day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?
300
West Virginia
What state became a free state in 1863?
400
Stephen A. Douglas
Who debated the question of slavery with Abraham Lincoln?
400
Emancipation Proclamation
What did President Lincoln sign to free the slaves in the Confederate states?
400
Robert E. Lee
Who lead the Confederate army?
400
Monitor and Merrimac
What two famous ironclads fought in 1862?
400
Draft or conscription
What is used by governments to make men enter the army?
500
Clara Barton
Who was the nurse who began her career helping soldiers from both sides during the Civil War, and later founded the Red Cross?
500
George B. McClellan
Who was the cautious Union general that President Lincoln replaced for not aggressively pursing General Robert E. Lee?
500
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the final commander of the Union army?
500
Battle of Antietam
During what battle did the bloodiest day of the Civil War occur?
500
J.E.B. Stuart
Who was the famous Confederate cavalry general?
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