Causes of the War
What was the main economic difference between the North and South?
Industry vs. Agriculture
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Bull Run
or
Sumter
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What roles did women often take on during the war?
Nurses, spies, managing farms
What invention helped speed up communication during the Civil War?
The telegraph
What compromise admitted California as a free state and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law?
Compromise of 1850
Which battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two?
The Siege of Vicksburg
Who was the Union general famous for his "March to the Sea"?
William Tecumseh Sherman
How did most soldiers communicate with their families during the war?
Letters
What was the USS Monitor?
An ironclad warship
What law required citizens to return escaped enslaved people?
Fugitive Slave Law
Which battle is considered the turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis.
What was the leading cause of death among both Northern and Southern soldiers?
Diseases
What weapon became more accurate and deadly during the Civil War?
The rifled musket.
Explain how "states' rights" contributed to secession?
Southern states believed they had the right to allow slavery and secede.
What event marked the official beginning of the American Civil War in April 1861?
The Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
Which Union general later became President of the United States?
Ulysses S. Grant.
What role did children often play during the Civil War?
They helped on farms, acted as messengers, or served as drummer boys in the army.
What form of transportation gave the North a major advantage over the South?
The railroad
Which 1854 law allowed settlers in new territories to decide whether to allow slavery?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Court House.
Who was the abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859?
John Brown.
What was a common way soldiers passed time in camp?
BONUS MEGA QUESTION- if you get both parts right, you can double your points.
What was the most common surgical procedure performed during the Civil War, AND why was it so frequent?
Amputation, because battlefield injuries from rifled muskets and artillery often shattered bones, and infection risk was high without modern antiseptics.