Civil War Unit

People/Events

100

Which battle did the Confederacy win and stop Union from moving to Chattanooga?

What is the Battle of Chicamauga?

200

This person was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War.

Robert E. Lee

400

This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

500

This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

People

100

13,000 prisoners died of what in Andersonville Prison?

What is

1. Hunger

2. Exposure

3. Disease

200

General Sherman also captured the city of Atlanta during what was known as the _______ ________.

Atlanta Campaign

300

This person led the March to the Sea destroying everything in his path.

William T. Sherman

400

Who was Commander of Andersonville Prison and was executed for the harsh condition of the prison after the war?

Who is Henry Wirz

500

What was the two supreme Court ruling of the Dred Scott case?

Double Jeopardy

1. Slaves and Freed blacks are not citizens of the United States and had no right to come before the court.

2. Congress can not ban slavery in states that allowed slavery at the signing of the constitution.

Events

100

What was the purpose of the Georgia Platform?

What is rally southerners' acceptance of the Compromise of 1850?

What is Delayed secession of the for 10 years

200

What was the two main cause of the war?

What is Slavery and States' Rights

300

What was the purpose of General Sherman's March to the Sea?

to destroy everything in GA that could help the South win the war

400

"Scorched-earth policy" belongs to which general and what was the purpose of the policy?

What is bring a quick end to the Civil War

500

What are the parts of the Compromise of 1850?

Triple Jeopardy

1. Fugitive Slave Act

2. California entered as a free state

3. Texas entered as a slave state

4. Slave Trade ban in DC

5. New Mexico and Utah entered as popular sovereignty 

North/South

100

This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.

South

200

Why was it important for Sherman to capture Atlanta?

Double Jeopardy

It was a major industrial city to the South

It was a key transport (railroads) and supply for the Confederacy

300

Which state wanted to secede from the Union because of the States' Rights/Nullification Crisis?

South Carolina

400

Many of the states here broke away from the Union.

South

500

Why did the Southern states withdraw from the union after the 1860 election?

What is fear that Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery?