Battles
What was the first official Battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Bull Run
This enslaved man from Virginia escaped to freedom by having himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who was Henry "Box" Brown
What act served as a crucial step along the path to the Civil War did not directly cause the Civil War.
What was the Kansas-Nebraska act
Which speech was designed as a military strategy
What was The Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was the President of the Union(North)
Who was Abraham Lincoln
What was the first official conflict of the Civil war
Fort Sumter
In 1846 an enslaved black man sued for their freedom in the St. Louis Circuit Court and they claimed that they were free due to their residence in a free territory where slavery was prohibited.
Who was Dred Scott
What caused the southern states to fear Lincoln and secede from the U.S after Lincoln's inauguration speech.
What was the Election of 1860
Which speech declared all people held as slaves in the rebellious state Free?
What was The Emancipation Proclamation
Who was the President of the Confederacy(South)
Who was Jefferson Davis
This Battle is most notably known as the single bloodiest day in American history, with over 23,000 casualties
What was the Battle of Antietam.
This abolitionist led the attack on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia and to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states.
Who was John Brown
What law passed in 1820 to maintain the balance of power in Congress between the number of free and slave states, admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
What was the Missouri Compromise
Which famous speech "Of the people, By the people, For the people"
What was The Gettysburg Address
This Union general was In charge of all Union armies starting in 1864 and was the 18th president of the U.S
Who was Ulysses S. Grant
What Battle was a major turning point of the Civil War and weakened the Confederacy by splitting it in half and isolating the Southern states of Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas
What was the Battle of Vicksburg.
After escaping from slavery in Maryland, He became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings.
Who was Frederick Douglas
What act a series of laws that allowed the capture and return of enslaved people who escaped from one state to another
What was the Fugitive Slave act
Which speech was given at a dedication ceremony at a cemetery in Pennsylvania for both Union and Confederate soldiers.
What was The Gettysburg Address
What Confederate general had to pick and choose what side to fight for but devoted to his home state of Virginia, his family, and the white slaveholding South
Who was Robert E. Lee
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to the union on April 9th 1865
What was the Appomattox courthouse.
What author wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin
How many soldiers died during the Civil War. (Double Jeopardy)
around 620,000
Was the emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address given during the Civil war or after. (Double Jeopardy)
During
Before Grant, what general was the leader of all armies from 1861-1864 and tried to run against President Lincoln during the 1864 presidential election.
Who was George B. McClellan