Key People
Famous Battles
Important Dates
Vocabulary
Slavery
100
This man received the nickname "Stonewall" because of his brigade's ability to hold their line and defeat the enemy.
Who is General Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson?
100
This battle was when the first shots were fired between the union and confederacy.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in this year.
What is 1861?
100
This is where the two armies fought each other.
What is a battlefield?
100
Slavery was found mostly in this region of the United States.
What is the south?
200
This man delivered the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
This battle contained the Bloody Lane.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
This state became the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1960.
What is South Carolina?
200
These soldiers rode on horseback.
What is cavalry?
200
The election of this president, who campaigned to end slavery, brought on the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
300
This general was offered a position as the commander of the Union army by President Lincoln but refused once his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
300
This battle was believed to be an "easy win" for the Union, with Washington DC elites observing the battle nearby at picnics.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
300
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought on these three days.
What is July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 1863?
300
This was the name for the states which seceded from the union.
What is the Confederacy?
300
This network of hide-outs helped escaped slaves reach the northern states where they could be free.
What is the Underground Railroad?
400
This man was one of the generals who participated in the deadly charge during the Battle of Gettysburg, which was named after him.
Who is General George Pickett?
400
This battlefield contained the rock formation known as Devil's Den.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
This year was when Robert E. Lee and the confederacy surrendered.
What is 1865?
400
This is another term for a Union soldier.
What is a Yankee?
400
Slavery was abolished by this constitutional amendment, passed in 1865.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
500
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to this general at the Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
500
Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded by friendly fire during this battle.
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
500
The Battle of Antietam was fought on this day.
What is September 17, 1862?
500
This is when a state decides that it does not want to be a part of the union anymore and leaves.
What is secession?
500
Even though slavery was abolished, southern states still oppressed black individuals by this separation.
What is segregation?
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