Generals
Soldiers
Women during the War
Emancipation Proclamation
Bonus
100

Union General who developed the Anaconda Plan.

General Winfield Scott


100

A system that requires individuals to serve in the military

A draft

100

This predominately male profession became a predominantly female profession during the Civil War

Nursing


100

This man wrote the Emancipation Proclamation

Abraham Lincoln


100

This Civil War General became the 18th president of the United States.

General Ulysses S. Grant 

200

This Union general is known for his organizational skills and his excessive caution.

General George B. McClellan

200

Some of these soldiers came from cities and had never held a gun before. Also 180,000 of them were African American.

The Union Soldiers, "Billy Yank"

200

List as many new roles that women took on in the Civil War as you can.

(The other team can steal if they can name more)

Farmer-managing/working the farm, spy, nurse, army mail carrier, government clerk/secretary, weapons factory worker, soldier

(Sewing and writing letters are not new roles)

200

The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after this battle

The Battle of Antietam

200

This man was the President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis


300

Confederate General who is famous for his ability to move troops quickly.

General Stonewall Jackson

300

These soldiers were constantly short on supplies and often had to march barefoot

The Confederate Soldiers, "Johnny Reb"

300

This former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad served as a spy for the Union.

Harriet Tubman


300

Who was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation

Slaves in the Confederate States and Confederate "Territory still in rebellion" as of January 1st, 1863. It did not free slaves anywhere else in the U.S.

300
The number one cause of death during the Civil War

Disease

400

Union General whose strategy was to wear down the enemy by fighting them wherever and whenever possible.

Ulysses S. Grant


400

These men ate few fruits and vegetables. They had to carry 50-60 pounds of equipment while marching in bad weather and had to dig trenches.

Both Union and Confederate Soldiers



400

 This nurse was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield" and founded the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton


400

The Confederacy had this many days to surrender before the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect

One Hundred

400

In this year the 19th Amendment was passed giving American women the right to vote.

1920


500

General who had to choose between fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. He was known for daring strategies that often went against the tactics taught at the time.

General Robert E. Lee

500

An all-black regiment of the Union Army led by Colonel Gould Shaw that took control of an important Confederate fort. 

The Massachusetts 54th Regiment

(Photo of Sergeant William H. Carney)

500

What year did the women's suffrage (right to vote) movement begin in the United States

1848

500

These are three ways the Emancipation Proclamation affected the war.

(The other team can steal if they can name more)

1. Ensured the South would never get European support

2. Allowed African Americans to serve in the Union Army

3. Changed the focus of the war from simply preserving the Union to ending slavery

500

Which Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States?

The 13th Amendment 



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