General of the Union army and future U.S. president who was once accused of being a drunk
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
100
Site of the greatest single battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere; it was won by the North and represented a turning point in the war
What is Gettysburg?
100
States that remained in the United States
What is the Union?
100
A defensive tactic that offered protection from attacking troops
What is trench warfare?
200
Photographer who recorded events firsthand with his camera
Who is Mathew Brady?
200
Respected and feared general of the Confederate army, nicknamed “The King of Spades”
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
The site of two major battles near Washington D.C.
What is Bull Run?
200
The nation formed by seceding states
What is the Confederacy?
200
A type of warfare in which the enemy’s resources are cut off or destroyed until they give up
What is war of exhaustion?
300
The first superintendent of nurses during the Civil War
Who is Dorothea Dix?
300
Steadfast southern general who was mistakenly shot and killed by his own men
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
300
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to end the war
What is Appomattox Court House?
300
Document that called for the freeing of slaves in states that had rebelled against the Union
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
A plan to defeat the south by seizing control of its major rivers, encircling the confederate states and cutting off all of their shipping. Named after a snake that squeezes its prey.
What is the Anaconda Policy?
400
Author who served as a nurse in a Union military hospital
Who is Luisa May Alcott?
400
Indecisive Union commander
Who is George B. McClellan?
400
The deadliest single-day battle was fought here and ended in a draw.
What is Antietam?
400
A court order calling for the release of a person held without just cause
What is a writ of habeas corpus?
400
Refers to the personal nature of the war and the graphic news coverage
What is everybody's war?
500
President of the Confederate States of America (The Confederacy)
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
Commander in the U.S. army who advocated the Anaconda Policy
Who is Winfield Scott?
500
Victory here gave the North control of the Mississippi River, which cut off supplies to the enemy.
What is Vicksburg?
500
Required all men between 20 and 45 to serve in the military
What is the draft law?
500
Refers to changes in military strategy, weaponry and rules of engagement