Who's Who
Civil War FACTS
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100

I was the president of the United States during the Civil War.  I wrote the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation. Most of the South hated me for my anti-slavery position.

Who was Abraham Lincoln?

100

The Civil War started after South Carolina seceded from the Union. Why did this cause a war between the north and south?

Most southern states wanted to start their own country, but the northern states wanted the country to stay as one.

100

These troops fight on horseback

Was is a cavalry?

100

The northern states were called 

The UNION

100

The year the Civil War started

What is 1861?

200

I dressed like a man during the Civil War and became a SPY for the Union.  I was even in several battles!!!  When not in battle, I worked as a nurse to help injured Union soldiers.

Who was Sara Edmonds?

200

The first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861 at this fort off the coast of South Carolina

What is Fort Sumter?

200

This word means to "leave" a group or country

What is secede?

200

The southern states that seceded were called

the Confederate States of America

200

Abraham Lincoln thought that the Civil War would end in 3-6 months because he felt that the South was no match for the North. He was wrong. How long did the Civil War last?

 

It lasted 4 years (1861-1865).

300

I became the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

300

Slavery was another reason civil war couldn't be avoided. Why?

Northern states were against slavery, southern states wanted slavery.

300

This word means to free someone

What is emancipation?

300

Confederate soldiers wore gray uniforms are were called:

What are REBELS?

300

The Civil War was the bloodiest in US History. How many Americans died in the war?

Almost 630,000 died from illness or fighting by the time the war ended.

400

I led the Michigan Cavalry Brigade during the Civil War. I was from Monroe, Michigan. At age 23, I became the youngest American major general. My famous quote is "C'mon you Wolverines!"

Who was George Custer?

400

Abraham Lincoln freed all slaves in 1862 when he wrote this important document.

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

400

A war between people in the same country

What is a Civil War?

400

Union soldiers wore blue uniforms and were called

What are Yankees?

400

How many men from MICHIGAN fought in the Civil War?

What is 90,000?

500

I was was an actor from the South. I was angry that the South lost the Civil War. I assassinated the president as an act of revenge.

Who was John Wilkes Booth?

500

This side won the Civil War. 

What was the NORTH (Union)?

500

John Wilkes Booth murdered Abraham Lincoln after the war because he was angry that the Union won and slavery was abolished. The "murder" of an elected president is called......

What is an assassination?

500

General George Custer led his troops into battle yelling.......

"C'mon you WOLVERINES!"

500

This is the number of Civil War battles fought in MICHIGAN

What is ZERO

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