War Words
The South wanted to do this, which means break away, from the Union states.
What is secede?
More soldiers died from this, than actual battle.
What are disease?
This city, known as the Steel City, made cannons and boats to fight on the rivers during the war.
What is Pittsburgh?
This man was General of the Confederate Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The Southern states called themselves this.
What is the Confederacy?
The Confederate General Robert E. Lee did this, to end the war.
What is surrender?
This was their main type of food the soldiers ate.
What is hard tack, fatback, boiled peanuts, and coffee?
People in this city, known as the city of Brotherly Love, made rifles and warships to fight in the ocean.
Their football team is the WORST 🤮🤮
What is Philadelphia?
This man assassinated President Lincoln while he was watching a play.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Slave states that did not leave the Union were called this.
What is a border state?
These words mean a war a country has with itself.
What is a civil war?
Young men joined the army because they thought it would be like this.
What is fun and exciting?
More lives were lost at the battle here than anywhere else in the war.
What is Gettysburg?
This honest guy was the President of the United States during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This side of the country wanted to abolish slavery.
Who was the North?
This is a part of the war where things started getting better for the side that was losing a lot.
What is a turning point?
African American soldiers were not allowed to do this.
What is fight alongside white soldiers?
Lincoln's famous speech was given in Gettysburg in one of these places.
What is a cemetery?
This man from Pennsylvania said there should be an amendment allowing former slaves the right to vote.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens?
This side won the Civil War.
Who is the Union?
Chambersberg was attacked because the South wanted to get even or get _________ against the North.
What is revenge?
Soldiers spent most of their days doing this.
What is waiting for battle?
This resource from the mines was used to keep the train engines running during the war.
What is coal?
This man was General of the Union army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The Northern states were called this.
What is the Union?