Events
Where did the first official shots of the Civil War take place?
Fort Sumter
Who was the president of the United States during the entire Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What term means to formally break away or withdraw from a country?
Secede
What color uniform did the soldiers from the North wear?
Blue
What name did the Southern states choose for their new country after they broke away from America?
The Confederate States of America or the Confederacy
Which document issued by President Abraham Lincoln declared that all enslaved people in Confederate states were free?
The Emancipation Proclamation
Which famous African American woman escaped slavery and repeatedly risked her life to lead dozens of other enslaved people to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What name was given to the states that reminded loyal to the United States government?
The Union
What nickname was given to Northern soldiers by the South?
Yankees
Before and during the war, what cash crop was the main foundation of the Southern economy and it's system of enslaved labor?
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg considered a major turning point in the war?
It ended General Lee's invasion of the North and broke his army's momentum
Who was chosen as the first and only President of the Confederate States of American?
Jefferson Davis
What is a tax placed on goods imported from other countries?
Tariff
What was the major capital city of the North?
Washington DC
Why did civilians in Southern cities face severe food shortages and massive price spikes as the war dragged on?
The Union naval blockade and destroyed railroads
What military strategy did General William T. Sherman use during his "March to the sea" to destroy Southern infrastructure and morale?
Total war
Which battlefield nurse founded the American Red Cross after treating wounded Union soldiers right on the frontlines?
Clara Barton
What idea allowed people living in a new territory to vote directly on whether to allow slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What was the name of the North's multi-part naval strategy to squeeze and blockade the South?
The Anaconda Plan
What major change did the Confederate government make to its draft laws in 1862 that angered poor Southern farmers and led to the phrase "a rich man's war and a poor man's fight"
The "Twenty Negro Law"
At which location did General Robert E Lee officially surrender the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?
Appomattox Court House
Which Confederate General earned a famous nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run , only to be accidentally shot by his own men in Chancellorsville.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
What type of warfare targets not just soldiers, but also an enemy's food, railroads, and factories?
Total War
Which battle fought in Pennsylvania is considered the major turning point of the war for the North?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Which precise document, passed by the Confederate Congress in 1863, allowed the Southern military to forcibly seize food, horses, and supplies from its own citizens in exchange for nearly worthless paper money?
The Impressment Act of 1863