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100
Where did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Hint: What current day state?
Pennsylvania
100
Did the Confederacy or Union have more soldiers?
Union
100
Who were the president and vice president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln; Hannibal Hamlin (first term) and Andrew Johnson (second term)
100
What year did the Civil War begin and end?
1861-1865
(April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865)
100
What was a border state?
A border state was the slave states that did not leave the Union. They were located on the border between the Confederacy and the Union states.
200
Name 2 of the battles in the Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg, Shiloh, Antietam, Bull Run, Iron Clads, Fort Sumter, New Orleans.
200
What was the average age and gender of Civil War soldiers?
20 years old; male
200
What side did Robert E. Lee fight for?
The Confederacy.
200
What year(s) did Abraham Lincoln rerun for president?
1864-1865
200
What is a bayonet?
A bayonet was a sharp knife attached to the end of a rifle.
300
How many Battle(s) of Bull Run were there?
2
300
What percent of the American population died in the American Civil War?
a) 0.5%
b) 2%
c) 10%
d) 50%
b) 2%
300
What side did Ulysses S. Grant serve?
The Union
300
When did President Lincoln announce a blockade of all Confederate ports?
April 1861
300
What percent of all Southern white males between the ages of 18 and 40 died in the war?
30%
400
The capture of this city on April 25, 1862 was a key victory for the North.
New Orleans
400
Which Civil War battle was the most evenly matched, with the numbers being 10,000 to 10,000?
The Battle of Prairie Grove
400
Name three generals and specify the side they fought for.
Union: Ulysses S. Grant, Abraham Lincoln, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Custer
Confederacy: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, George Pickett
400
What was the first state to declare secession and in what year?
South Carolina; 1860
400
What was the main cause of most of the deaths in the war?
Disease (66% of all deaths)
500
This battle was the bloodiest one of the Civil War, with 17 thousand wounds and 6 thousand casualties.
The Battle of Antietam
500
How many soldiers are in a platoon (group of soldiers)?
a) 50
b) 15
c) 100
a) 50
500
Which officer was instrumental in the capture of New Orleans?
David G. Farragut
500
What was the last state to rejoin the United States and in what year?
Georgia; 1870
500
What side does this example of propaganda support and state why?
The Union because the image portrays secession in a negative light. The man, Uncle Sam, represents the US choking a snake which symbolizes secession. Since snakes were considered treacherous and represented secession in the image, it sends out the message that secession is bad for the nation.