Who am I?
I was the president of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The states that made up the United States of America during the Civil War.
What was the Union?
The states that rebelled and seceded from the United states of America were called this.
What was the Confederacy?
This general was a great organizer, but was reluctant to attack the enemy.
Who was George McClellan?
This is what we call people who who wanted to free slaves.
What is an abolitionist?
I was a ruthless Confederate general famous for my ability to move and attack quickly in spite of my nickname.
Who was Stonewall Jackson?
I founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
This means the acting of setting someone or something free.
What is emancipation?
This word means to formally withdraw membership.
What is secede?
This battle started the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
I was a former slave and became an abolitionist.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
I killed President Abraham Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
I invented the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
An official change to the constitution is called this.
What is an amendment?
In the United States, this was the period of rebuilding after the Civil War.
What was reconstruction?
My tactic as a general was to fight and wear down the enemy. I fought for the Union.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
In this Supreme Court case, it was ruled that slaves were property, and Congress could not take away a person's right to his property by passing a law.
What was the Dred Scott case?
This freed all slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
I was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Who is Harriett Beecher Stowe?
This means to accuse someone in government, even the president, of doing something wrong or improper.
These are the rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and its amendments.
What are Civil Rights?
This Union general was famous for capturing Atlanta and his march to the sea.
Who was General Sherman?
This act created a line with free states north of it and slave states to the south of it.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This was a secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom?
What was the Underground Railroad?
I led an attack on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry. I was an abolitionist.
Who was John Brown?
This is the highest court in all the land.
What is the Supreme Court?
This is a place where weapons or ammunition is stored.
What is an arsenal?
When U.S. Grant finally won Vicksburg, the Union gained control over this important river.
What is the Mississippi River?
After the Civil War, this government organization was set up to assist former slaves.
What was the Freedman's Bureau?
This Union strategy kept the Confederates from buying and selling cotton and other supplies.
What is a naval blockade?