The Formation of the Confederate States of America
Important People
Major Battles
Important Dates
Vocabulary
100
The year that the Confederate States of America was established.
What is 1861?
100
The name of the man who became the 16th President of the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The first battle of the Civil War.
What is The Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
The year that Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is 1863?
100
The term that describes slave states that did not declare secession from the Union and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What are border states?
200
The name of the first state that seceded from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
200
The name of the President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
The first major battle to take place in Union Territory (Sharpsburg, Maryland).
What is The Battle of Antietam?
200
The date that the Civil War began.
What is April 12, 1861?
200
The term that describes a person who supported the freedom of slaves.
What is an abolitionist?
300
The second state that seceded from the Union.
What is Mississippi?
300
The name of the Commander of the Confederate Army that initially refused Abraham Lincoln's offer to become the Commander of the Union Army.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
300
The name of the battle that had the largest number of casualties in the Civil War.
What is The Battle of Gettysburg?
300
The date in which Mississippi seceded from the Union.
What is January 9, 1861?
300
The term that describes the states in which slavery was not permitted/was illegal.
What are free states?
400
The number of states that formed the Confederate States of America.
What is 11?
400
The name of the Union general that led the Union to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War (was the 18th President of the United States).
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
The name of the battle that happened on July 21, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia.
What is The First Battle of Bull Run?
400
The date in which Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States.
What is November 6, 1860?
400
The act of freeing someone from slavery.
What is emancipation?
500
The person that was elected to be the President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
The name of the Confederate general in the Civil War that is remembered for his unsuccessful defense of Vicksburg.
Who is John Pemberton?
500
The name of the battle in which the Union gained control of the Mississippi River (lasted from May 18, 1863 to July 4, 1863).
What is The Battle of Vicksburg?
500
The year that the Confederate States of America was established.
What is 1861?
500
The formal withdrawal of a group from a larger body.
What is secession?
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