Confederacy
Union
People of the Civil War
Terms of the Civil War
Important Dates of the Civil war
100
The capital city of the Confederacy.
What was Richmond?
100
The capital city of the Union.
What was Washington, DC?
100
This woman founded the Red Cross during the Civil war.
Who was Clara Barton?
100
The Civil War began in this year.
What was 1861?
200
The Native Americans who fought with the Confederates.
Who were the Cherokee?
200
The President of the Union.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
200
This woman was the Superintendent of Nurses during the Civil War.
Who was Dorothea Dix?
200
A citizens right to a trial, guaranteed by the Constitution.
What is habeas corpus?
200
The Civil War ended in this year.
What was 1865?
300
The strategy that the Confederates used in the Civil War.
What was sit back and wait for the Union to attack?
300
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered after this major battle won by the Union.
What was Antietam?
300
The President of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
300
This speech was given to boost morale after the Battle of Gettysburg.
What was the Gettysburg Address?
300
This was the exact date of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
What was April 9, 1865?
400
This battle was won by the Confederates, even though they were outnumbered 2-1. They crushed Thomas Hooker and the Union army.
What was Chancellorsville?
400
This Union change in military strategy called for the destruction of all resources and civilians, along with the soldiers.
What was "Total War"?
400
Union General who burned Atlanta and continued on his "March to the Sea" to Savannah, Georgia.
Who was William T. Sherman?
400
This form of military rule includes suspending the Bill of Rights for citizens.
What is martial law?
400
This was the day and year that President Lincoln was shot.
What was April 14, 1865?
500
This country was expected to help the Confederates because they were dependent on the South's cotton crops.
What was Great Britain?
500
This Union leader won the Battle of New Orleans.
Who was David Farragut?
500
These people wanted to end the war at all costs.
Who were the Copperheads?
500
This speech by Abraham Lincoln started with "Malice toward none and charity to all....."
What was Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
500
This is the exact date that President Lincoln died.
What was April 15, 1865?
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