Civil War Dates
What month and year did the Civil War begin?
What is April 1861?
Who was the President for most of the Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What was another name for the North during the Civil War?
What is the Union?
What is industrial OR factories?
What were two main issues that led to the Civil War?
What is slavery and state's rights?
What month and year did the Civil War end?
What is April 1865?
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
What is the Confederacy?
What was the economy built upon in the South?
What is agriculture?
Most high-ranking military officials fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. What was one reason for this?
What is most of the military schools were located in the South?
What was the month and year of Abraham Lincoln's death?
What is April 1865?
Johnny Clem was a drummer boy who took up arms after his drum was shot. What was his nickname after that event?
Who is 'Johnny Shiloh'?
Where did the bloodiest battle of the Civil War take place?
What is Gettysburg?
What was one reason boys sought to enlist in the Civil War?
What is to join in on an adventure, to escape boring farm life, or to defend their beliefs?
Which side of the war had more soldiers?
In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
What is 1863?
What Confederacy general surrendered, leading to the end of the Civil War?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
In what town did the Civil War begin?
What is Fort Sumter?
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
What is South Carolina?
In between battles, what was one thing Union and Confederate soldiers did with one another?
What is sing songs, play cards, tell jokes, and share food?
When did the last enslaved people learn of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is June 19, 1865?
A southern military general surrendered his troops to this northern military general on April 9, 1865, leading to the end of the war. Who was the Union general?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
At what location was Abraham Lincoln shot?
What is Ford's Theater?
The westward expansion of the United States caused tensions within the country, eventually contributing to the state of the Civil War. What issue caused this tension?
What is the debate as to whether new territories/states would be free or slave states?
How many states seceded from the Union?
What is eleven states?