What was the first battle of the Civil War?
A. Antietam
B. Gettysburg
C. Fort Sumter
D. Vicksburg
What is Fort Sumter
100
one of the best-known conductors of the Underground
Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Who was the President of the Union?
Who is Abe Lincoln
100
In what areas did the Emancipation Proclamation free enslaved workers?
A. In Union states
B. In areas still fighting against the Union
C. In all states
D. In border states
What is B
200
A war between people in the same country
What is Civil War
200
Grant led a seige during this battle where the Union cut off all supplies and the Confederacy had to surrender. Which battle was that?
What is The Battle of Vicksburg
200
Name means “traveler” of truth
Who is Sojourner Truth
200
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Who is Jefferson Davis
200
What was the name of the courthouse where General Lee met General Grant to write out the terms of surrender to end the war?
What is Appomattox Courthouse
300
loyalty to a section, or region instead of the whole country
What is sectionalism
300
Which battle was the one when more soldiers died in one day than on any other day of the war?
What is The Battle of Antietam
300
wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
300
What was the Unions strategy to win the war?
What is to weaken the south and then to invade it
300
What was the name of the person who was accused of assassinating Abraham Lincoln at Fords Theatre on April 14, 1865
Who is John Wilkes Booth
400
to leave
What is secede
400
Which battle was fought near Manassas Junction, Virginia and was when Thomas Jackson became known as "Stonewall Jackson?"
What is The Battle of Bull Run
400
An escaped slave that became famous for his writings and speeches against slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass
400
What was the Confederacy's strategy to win the war?
What is to defend its land against Union attack. They wanted to make the war last a long time.
400
What document was issued by Abe Lincoln ordering to free all enslaved people in areas still fighting against the Union?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
500
tax on imports
What is tariff
500
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg a turning point in the war?
What is because it made southern soldiers realize they would never again be able to invade the north
500
was one of Abraham Lincoln’s opponents in the election of 1860 that believed each state should make its own laws about slavery
Who is Stephen A. Douglas
500
Who was the Unions General?
Who was the Confederates General?
What is Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
500
What was the name of the short 3 minute speech that Abe Lincoln gave at a Union Cemetery that began "Four Scores and seven years ago.."