People
Battles
Causes of the War
Strategy
Miscellaneous
100

This General became the leader of all Union Armies due to his successes in Tennessee and Mississippi

Ulysses S. Grant

100
This Union victory in Pennsylvania ended Lee's invasion of the North

Battle of Gettysburg

100

What issue was the root issue that caused the Civil War?

Slavery

100

This new technology made moving soldiers and supplies across the country much easier than marching

The Railroad
100

Abolition was a movement popular in the North with the goal of abolishing this

Slavery

200

This Virginian General led the Confederacy in Virginia, Antietam, and Gettysburg

Robert E. Lee

200

The Bombardment of this Fort in South Carolina started the war

Fort Sumter

200

This law ordered that any escaped slaves in the North must be arrested and returned to their master in the South

Fugitive Slave Act

200

The act of ambushing people while in hiding in warfare is known as

Guerrilla Warfare

200

This state was the first to secede and was the location of the first battle of the Civil War

South Carolina

300

This woman, born into slavery, helped lead the Underground Railroad

Harriet Tubman

300

Were most Civil War battles fought in the North or South?

South

300

Which Supreme Court decision determined that black people were never intended to be citizens of the United States

Dred Scott v. Sandford

300

Other than for transportation, why did the Union desperately want control of the Mississippi River

It split the Confederacy in half

300

This anti-Slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe led to strong anti-slavery feelings in the North

Uncle Tom's Cabin

400

This Civil War nurse later founded the American Red Cross

Clara Barton

400

This battle included the bloodiest day in American military history

Antietam

400

The Missouri Compromise brought Missouri in as a slave state and this state in into the Union as a Free State

Maine

400

What was Sherman's scorched earth campaign in Georgia known as?

March to the Sea

400

Why was the 54th Massachusetts significant?

They were one of the first African-American units to see combat

500
This Union General led the March to the Sea

William Tecumseh Sherman

500

This Battle ended the Civil War

Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

500

What was the goal of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry Armory

Arm a slave rebellion

500

Why did Lincoln allow slavery in the Union Border States of Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware

He feared they would leave and join the Confederacy

500
This US Senator from Kentucky became famous as the "Great Compromiser" for arranging the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850

Henry Clay

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