Women in the War
She was an escaped slave and an Underground Railroad conductor, and she fought as a soldier in the Civil War.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
He was the 16th president of the United States of America during the Civil war.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Passed on January 1st, 1863, it stated that all slaves were, from then on, free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This was known as the bloodiest battle in the Civil War, and one of the most famous.
What was the Battle of Shiloh?
This is the number of lives lost during the Civil War.
What was 700,000?
This Union nurse went on to found the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
A graduate of West Point Academy and a Mexican-American War veteran, he was arguably the best Union General.
General Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment banned slavery forever
What was the 13th amendment?
This was the name of the 60-mile wide path of destruction that went from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia led by Union General William Sherman. Along the way, his men bent railroad tracks to cut off supply lines.
What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
This was how many slaves were freed by the end of the war.
What was 750,000?
Name three things that women did to help the war effort while the men were out fighting in the war.
What were factory work, farming, and providing food and medicine?
He was elected president of the Confederate States of America in 1861.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
This was the name of the first American law that forced men to draft into a war.
What was the First Conscription Act?
During this battle, the Union tried to build a bridge over the Rappahannock River, but the Confederate caught them. With a casualty difference of 8,000 between the Union and Confederates, this was one of the Union's biggest defeats.
What was the Battle of Fredericksburg?
What were 20 and 45?
This Union Nurse was an African-American abolitionist.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Also a graduate of West Point Academy and a Mexican-American War veteran, he was arguably the best Confederate general.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
This is the month and year the first Conscription Act was passed in America.
When was March of 1863?
During this battle, General Grant surprised the Confederates and laid siege to them for 6 weeks, and they finally surrendered on July 4th.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
This was how much money the Civil War had cost.
What was 11 billion dollars?
This nurse set up hospitals for the Confederate forces.
Who was Sally Tompkins?
Before the Battle of Antietam, this Union General found the Confederate battle plans in a cigar wrapper left by a careless soldier, and said, "If I cannot whip Bobby Lee now, I'll go home!" After both sides retreated after the Battle of Antietam, this General was replaced with General Burnside.
Who was General George McClellan?
Because you would get exempted from the First Conscription Act.
Why would you pay $300 or find a substitute draftee?
During this battle, General Stonewall Jackson was shot by one of his own men, and died of his injury a few days later.
What was the Battle of Chancellorsville?