This was the first major battle of the civil war shattered the North's hopes of the war ending quickly and was a confederate victory.
What is Bull Run or Manassas?
100
He was the General for the Confederate Army (and most famous) at the end of the war.
Who is Robert. E. Lee
100
General Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant here on April 9, 1865.
What is Appomattox Court House?
100
She was just a teenager during the battle of Gettysburg and wrote a book depicting what she had seen there.
Who is Tillie Pierce?
100
Early in the war, the soldiers did not know who was the enemy when meeting in battle because of this.
What is their uniforms were the same color?
200
The idea that Great Britain would support the confederacy because it needed the south's cotton supply.
What is cotton diplomacy?
200
He was the president of the confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond.
What was the Wilderness campaign?
200
Warships built by the Confederates that were made with iron to sustain only minor damage.
What were ironclads?
200
This is how most soldiers died in the Civil War.
What is disease?
300
In May 1863, Ulysses S. Grant cut off this sitting, not allowing anyone to enter or leave, causing the people to starve. It was known as the battle of...
What is Vicksburg?
300
This Confederate General received a special nickname after marching his soldiers into direct fire up a hill an ultimately led the South to victory at Bull Run.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
300
A federal outpost in South Carolina that was attacked and won by the confederacy on April 12, 1861, thus starting the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
300
This battle was the turning point in the Civil War.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
300
These were some advantages both the North and South had during the war?
Tell me, Tell me now!
400
This presidential decree, which went into effect January 1, 1863, freed Confederate Slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
He was the general for the Union troops at the end of the war and later became president of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
This September 1862 battle is known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
What is the battle of Antietam?
400
Mary Todd Lincoln's four brothers from Kentucky fought for this side in the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
400
True or False. The union wore blue and the confederates wore gray.
TRUE
500
These were slave states that did not join the confederacy and remained a part of the union.
What are the border states?
500
She organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield forming the basis for the future Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
500
George Picket marched his soldiers into battle on the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg and later became famously known as this.
What is Pickett's Charge?
500
This minority aided the Confederacy during the Civil War believing they would give them more freedoms than the north had.
Who are the Cherokee Indians?
500
This is why Lincoln did not think he was constitutionally allowed to free the slaves using the emancipation proclamation.
What is the slaves were considered property and the constitution had specific rules when it came to property. (Thanks, horrible Dred Scott decision).