Civil War 1
Who is President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Which side of the Civil War were called the Confederacy?
The Southern states that seceded from the United States
When a nation fights itself it is called?
a civil war
What marked the beginning of the civil war?
the attack on Fort Sumter
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Confederacy General
How many years is, "Four Score and Seven?"
87 years
What was the Name of the Union Ironclad
USS Monitor
Where does Santa live?
North Pole
What can you never eat at breakfast?
What is Lunch and Dinner.
What was the color of the union uniforms ?
Blue
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A conductor of the Underground Railroad who helped slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What was the biggest Southern advantage?
great strong leadership and a trained army
What happened to the President of the North at the end of the civil war?
He was assasinated
Where were the draft riots?
New York City
What was Confederate General Thomas Jackson's nickname?
Stonewall
Who discovered the South Pole
Roald Amundsen
What goes up but never goes down?
What is, your age.
What side of the civil war called themselves the Union?
The Northern states that were still apart of the United States
Name one major advantage the Union had over the Confederacy?
Larger Population, Abundant natural resources, more manufacturing and more railroads.
What was the first great battle of the Civil war?
the Battle of Bull Run
Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed.
In what year did Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army surrender?
1865
Which was the first of the Southern States to secede?
South Carolina
Where do Penguins live?
Antartica or the South Pole
What starts with “e” and ends with “e” but only has one letter in it?
What is an envelope.
Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
What was the color of the Confederate's uniform
Gray
What was the official name of the Confederacy's first Ironclad
CSS Virginia
What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
Which Southern City surrendered to U.S. Grant on July 4, 1863?
Vicksburg
What is the date of the longest day of sunlight in the Southern Hemisphere?
December 21st
A young boy was rushed to the hospital emergency room, but the ER doctor saw the boy and refused to operate. “This boy is my son,” the doctor said. But the doctor wasn’t the boy’s father. How could this be?
The doctor was his mother.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A Mississippi senator that became the President of the Confederacy
Who was the victorious general at the battle of Gettysburg?
George G. Meade
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The woman who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describing the cruelties of slavery.
What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860
Who Killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who became President after Lincoln was assassinated?
His Vice President, Andrew Johnson
What was the name given to Northern Democrats who favored making peace with the Confederacy?
Copperheads
What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights
The aurora borealis
What breaks and never falls, and what falls and never breaks?
Day breaks and night falls
What was the Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond
Where did the Confederate Army Surrender?
Appomattox Court House
At What place was Lincoln assassinated?
Ford's Theater
What was Lincoln's wife's name?
Mary Todd Lincoln
What General made up the Anaconda Plan
Winfield Scott
Where was the first battle of the ironclads
What is Hampton Roads, VA
In what state was Lincoln buried?
Illinois
What North American defense group tracks Santa on 12/24?
NORAD
What can you hold without touching it at all?
What is a conversation