Pre-Cursors
Name the date and place of the first shots fired in the Civil War.
When is April 12, 1861
*Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Name the commander of the Confederate Army.
Who is General Lee.
Name the battle known as the "single bloodiest day in American History.
What is the Battle of Antietam.
What personal loss did Lincoln suffer during the Civil War?
His son Willie died in 1862.
* Bonus 100 - Name the date it went into effect.
5 days
*January 1, 1863.
Name the pre-cursor Act that introduced the idea of "popular sovereignty" as a way to determine whether a state was "free or slave".
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Who ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864 - most likely scorned from his removal as Union General after Gettysburg?
Who is General George McClellan.
Name the series of battles that occur from May 8 - July 4, 1863 in Mississippi.
Who was victorious in this campaign? Union or Confederacy?
What is the (Siege) Battle of Vicksburg.
What is the Union.
Name the paper currency used in the Union?
What are "Greenbacks".
What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address?
To dedicate a cemetery where men from both Union and Confederacy would be buried.
What is the law that made it legal for slaveholders to re-capture runaway slaves? It unfortunately spurred the kidnapping of free blacks in the North.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act.
Name the nurse who founded the Red Cross and also helped locate 22,000 "missing" persons after the ending of the Civil War?
Who is Clara Barton
Name the battle where Ulysses. S. Grant made his Civil War debut.
What is the Battle of Belmont.
In the film Glory, how much money were the soldiers of the 54th paid for their service a month?
*Bonus 50 pts. What were other Union white men promised as pay for service
What is $10.
What is $13.
Approximately how many people died in the Civil War?
620,000 - 700,000 people
Name the man "selected" as the president of the Confederate States of American.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
What important military figure died by friendly fire in the battle of Chancellorsville?
Who is Stonewall Jackson.
Where were two battles known as "Bull Run" fought?
What important structure was at this location?
Where is Mannassas Junction, VA.
What is a railway station.
Approximately how many women pulled a "Mulan" and fought in the Civil War?
400 - 600 women
What cities did it span from?
Total War
Atlanta to Savannah
Name the location where John Brown and his sons invaded a military arsenal in hopes to start a slave rebellion.
Where is Harpers Ferry, VA.
Who was the lead officer for the Confederates at both Fort Sumter, and the First Battle of Bull Run?
Who is P.G.T Beauregard.
Name the battle where both the Confederates and Union forces used trench warfare.
What is the Battle of Petersburg.
Name the Senator who introduced the income tax as a means to pay for the war in the Union.
Who is Thaddeus Stevens.
Name 3 of the 6 border states during the Civil War.
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.