Leaders
This man was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This invention transformed naval warfare during the Civil War.
What was the ironclad warship?
This was the name of the Confederate fort in Charleston Harbor that was bombarded, marking the beginning of the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
This document issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, changed the legal status of millions of enslaved people in Confederate territory.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
These are the two economic styles for the North and South, respectively.
North was industrial. South was agrarian.
This man served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army throughout most of the Civil War.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
This type of weapon was prominently used during the Civil War and could fire multiple rounds before needing to be reloaded.
What is the musket rifle?
This was the name of the decisive battle fought in Pennsylvania that marked a major turning point in the Civil War.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the name of the series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during the Illinois senatorial race of 1858.
What were the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
Lincoln was born in Kentucky but got his political career started in this state.
What is Illinois?
This Union general led the Army of the Potomac during the later stages of the Civil War and was eventually elected as the 18th President of the United States.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
This is the term used to describe explosive devices hidden underground.
What are land mines?
This was the name of the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland?
What was the Battle of Antietam?
In these years, the two Inaugural Addresses were delivered.
When was 1861? When was 1865?
This man shot and killed Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in April of 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This was the nickname of Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson.
Who was Stonewall Jackson?
This was the name of the railroad system that became crucial for transporting troops and supplies during the Civil War.
What was The Union Pacific Railroad?
This battle was marked as the first battle between two ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia.
What was the Battle of Hampton Roads?
This was the primary theme of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
What is dedication to the principles of liberty and equality?
This former Vice President and South Carolina senator was a large supporter of slavery and states' rights.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This Union general famously led the March to the Sea, destroying Confederate infrastructure along the way.
Who was General William Tecumseh Sherman?
This was the name of the new type of artillery that became prominent during the Civil War, capable of firing explosive shells over long distances.
What is a Howitzer?
In this state the Battle of Shiloh was fought, resulting in a Union victory.
What is Tennessee?
In this year Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous House Divided speech.
When was 1858?
This person wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?