Local History
The Battle Above the Clouds
What was the Battle of Chattanooga?
The President of the United States (Union)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
States' Rights, slavery, the new president, the economy
What were the causes of the Civil War?
Union soldiers used this to destroy train tracks.
What was Sherman's Bow Tie?
The Rock of Chickamauga
Who is George Henry Thomas?
The Generals from each side
Who are Ulysses S Grant (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederate)?
Bloodiest battle of the war
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
This proclamation made all slaves free
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Montgomery, AL
Richmond, VA
Danville, VA
Where were the capitals of the Confederacy in 1862?
Texas and the General
What were the trains in the Great Locomotive Chase?
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Important series of battles in Georgia that eventually cut off Confederate supplies.
What was the Atlanta Campaign?
The Ford Theater
Where did Lincoln get assassinated?
An agreement that said Missouri was a slave state while Maine would be a free state
What was the Missouri Compromise?
The company that built the tunnel at Tunnel Hill
Who is the Western Atlantic Company?
This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
September 18, 1863 – September 20, 1863
What are the dates of The Battle of Chickamauga?
November 19, 1863
When was the Gettysburg Address?
A slave who sued for his freedom
Who was Dred Scott?
The date of the Great Locomotive Chase
What is April 12, 1862?
The founder of the American Red Cross. Aka "Angel of the Battlefields"
Who was Clara Barton?
The generals in the Battle Above the Clouds
Who were General Hooker (Union) and General Stevenson (Confederate)?
April 9th 1865
When did Robert E Lee surrender to the Union?
John Brown
Who raided a federal armory in Harper's Ferry (VA) and planned to march south to free the slaves?