Civil War Leaders
Gettysburg Address
Causes
Statistics
Bonus
100
He was president during the Civil War.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
It happened during the Summer of 1863.
When was the Battle of Gettysburg?
100
Southerners saw this as necessary in order to keep their plantations alive and profitable.
What is slavery?
100
True or False. More soldiers died from diseases than battle wounds.
What is true?
100
A person who wanted to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200
He was the General-in-chief of the Confederate Army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
200
Lincoln came to dedicate this with his address.
What is The Soldiers' National Cemetery?
200
Southerners were upset about these because it caused everything to be very expensive for them.
What are tariffs or taxes?
200
This state had the most deaths during the Civil War.
What is New York?
200
This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and helped create the Republican Party.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
He was the General-in-chief of the Union Army.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This is the only proper name Lincoln mentions in his address.
What is "God"?
300
This agreement allowed one state to enter the Union as a slave state and another to enter as a free state.
What was the Missouri Compromise?
300
True or False. The Civil War cost more than World War I.
What is false?
300
This event led to the deaths of more than 50 Virginians and struck fear into the hearts of slave owners.
What is the Nat Turner Rebellion?
400
He was the President of the Confederacy after the South seceded from the Union.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
400
The Gettysburg Address lasted this long.
What is two minutes?
400
This agreement was a series of five bills meant to keep harmony in the Union.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
True or False. The Civil War had fewer casualties than World War II.
What is false?
400
This event began as a disagreement over whether or not slavery should be allowed in Kansas.
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
500
He was known for his dangerous excursions and big victories during the Civil War.
Who Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
500
Lincoln gave the first two copies of his speech to these men.
Who are Nicolay and Hay?
500
In this court case, a slave sued his owner on three counts of assault.
What is the Dred Scott case?
500
This state had to most prisoner of war deaths.
What is Pennslyvania?
500
These events established Lincoln as a prominent national figure and solidified his Republican Party’s anti-slavery platform.
What is are the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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