What were the troops in the North called?
What is the Union or What are Yankees?
What were the troops in the south called?
What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumpter?
What is secession?
When the Southern States separated from the Northern states.
Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the president of the Northern states?
Who is Abraham Licoln?
Who was the president of the southern states?
Who is Jefferson Davies?
What is a commonality (same thing) that happened in both Battles of Bull Run?
What is the confederates won both battles?
Why did the South "need" slavery?
They needed slaves to run/ work on their plantations.
Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry?
Hint- He was a white abolitionist
Who is John Brown?
Who led the North's army?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Who led the South's army?
Who was Robert E. Lee?
What is the name of the document that freed all slaves in confederate states?
What is the 13th amendment?
What were the "States' Rights?"
The South wanted all states to make their own decision about whether they wanted to have slavery or not.
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Name 2 advantages that the North had over the South
Possible answers:
-More people
-Greater Resources
-Better Transportation
Name 2 advantages the South had over the North
Possible Answers:
-Skilled Souldiers
-Best Trained Officers
-Familiar with Territory
Why is the Battle of Gettysburg known as the turning point of the war?
The Union defeated the Confederates.
What happened in 1860 that contributed to the start of the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln was elected as President of the United States of America
Who is Sojourner Truth (why is she famous)?
She was the first black woman to speak out against slavery.
What year was the President elected?
What is 1960?
Lee surrendered to Grant.
What was the name of the attack from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia?
What was the Sherman's March to the Sea?
What are Tariffs? How did they contribute to the cause of the Civil War?
Taxes were placed on imports and the South refused to pay.
Who was the abolitionist who shared his own experience with slavery?
Frederick Douglass