Major Battles
The Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Vicksburg altered the course of the war and were major victories for this army.
Who is the Union Army?
As a teenager, Lincoln was quite tall and rather strong and became well-known for his skill and ability using this tool.
What is an axe?
Someone who conspires to do something with others, such as those who conspired with John Wilkes Booth to topple the government, are known as ____________.
What is a Co-conspirator?
The main purpose of this regiment was to shoot cannons at the enemy.
What is the Artillery?
True or False:
Everyone who fought in the Civil War volunteered.
What is False?
The famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, who is responsible for the assassination of President Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
In a major shift in strategy, the Confederates went on the offensive and attacked the Union Army near a creek along the Maryland/Virginia border, resulting in this one-day battle, the bloodiest single day in U.S. history, with over 23,000 casualties.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
As he grew older, Lincoln became more interested in reading and learning and didn’t much care for the long and grueling hours he witnessed his father put in who made a living by working as one of these.
What is a farmer?
Unlike the warships of prior wars, which were built out of wood, these were built out of metal and first used during the Civil War.
What are Ironclads?
A regiment is a unit within the ______.
What is the Army?
When laws were passed in both the North and the South that allowed men who had been drafted to avoid serving, many people became upset, and these broke out in many cities.
What are riots or protests?
President Lincoln’s final resting place is located in this Illinois city, which also serves as the state’s capital.
Where is Springfield, Illinois?
An embarrassing defeat for the Union Army, this was the first major battle of the Civil War, occurring just outside of Washington D.C., in the state of Virginia.
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
Lincoln was born in a one-room log cabin in a rural part of this state.
Where is Kentucky?
This march by Union soldiers from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia, where they were ordered by General William T. Sherman to destroy Confederate infrastructure, would become known as this.
What is Sherman's March?
The men in the artillery units, who needed to be able to calculate things like distance, height, and wind speed, were often the best ones at this subject.
What is Math?
Including the Civil War, there have been five occasions when the U.S. military has instituted a draft: World War I, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and during this war, which the U.S. entered after being bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor.
What is World War II?
Just days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered, President Lincoln was fatally shot in this city while watching a play with his wife at Ford’s Theater,
Where is Washington D.C.?
This 3-day battle occurred near a small Pennsylvania farming town and resulted in over 50,000 casualties, more than any other battle.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln became the 16th President of the United States after winning the presidential election in this year.
When is 1860?
When the Battle of Gettysburg ended, Confederate soldiers were forced to retreat after sustaining heavy losses in a bold offensive maneuver, named for the Confederate general who led the charge, which is known as ______________ ________________.
What is Pickett's Charge?
This regiment scouted territory and launched quick, surprising attacks against the enemy, all the while on horseback.
What is the Cavalry?
The last time the U.S. had to use a draft was during this war, which occurred about 50 years ago.
What is the Vietnam War?
In early 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee felt that his troops could no longer defend this Virginia city from the Union Army, so he ordered his men to return home.
Where is Richmond, Virginia?
Union General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory in this battle when they captured the last Confederate-held fort along the Mississippi River.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
Two of Lincoln’s most important stances on political issues were his belief that slavery should be abolished and that states shouldn’t be allowed to do this from the Union.
What is secede?
In April 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at this building in Virginia.
Where is Appomattox Court House?
During the Civil War, there were three different types of regiments in the Army: Artillery, Cavalry, and __________, which was also the most common one in which soldiers were placed.
What is the Infantry?
During the Civil War, if a man was drafted in the North, he could avoid serving by paying a $300 fee; meanwhile, in the South, a man who was drafted could avoid serving if he owned 20 ______________.
What are slaves?
In January of 1865, shortly before the end of the Civil War, this amendment, which abolished slavery, was added to the United States Constitution.
What is the 13th Amendment?