The Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The Assassinations
Tidbits
Vocabulary
100

The Civil War was fought between which two armies?

The Confederate Army and the Union Army

100

Abraham Lincoln was the __th president of the United States.

16th

100

Abraham Lincoln was shot here

Ford's Theatre

100

The Secretary of War, his full name

Edwin M. Stanton

100

To officially leave a union or group

Secede

200

The nickname for the Union army?

Yankees

200
The land of Lincoln

Illinois

200

John Wilkes Booth had to kill Lincoln, Lewis Powell had to kill Seward, George Atzerodt had to kill...

Vice President Andrew Johnson

200

The house servant for William Seward

William Bell

200

A unit of ground forces consisting of two or more battalions

Regiment

300
The years the Civil War took place

1861-1865

300

Lincoln's two core beliefs

Slavery was wrong and the north and south should remain as one

300

Powell's three problems: He had to find his way into the home, he didn't know how many people were in the home, and...

Where Seward was
300

Laura Keene's occupation

Actress

300

to awaken

Arouse
400

The south depended on slavery because of it was free labor in their economy. Their economy was based on what?

Farming and Agriculture

400

Lincoln was elected in this year

1860

400

The person who shouted, "Murder!" that sent David Herold running

William Bell

400

The White House's original name

The Executive Mansion
400

A close friend or associate with whom secrets are entrusted (spell it)

Confidant

500

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here

Appomattox Court House in Virginia

500

In his April 10th speech, Lincoln used humor to gloat over what victory?

The fall of Richmond

500

Powell pretended to be this when visiting Seward's home

A messenger/courier from his doctor

500

The kind of gun Booth used

A .44-caliber Deringer pistol

500

Punishment in retaliation for an injury or offense - also define "retaliation"

Vengeance
Retaliation - to repay or respond to an act or offense

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