What is the name for a war between citizens of the same country
Civil War
The Union’s plan for the war was called what?
The Anaconda Plan
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Which prominent abolitionist helped convince Abraham Lincoln to make the Civil War about slavery?
Frederick Douglass
Who led the Confederate forces and was borderline unstoppable?
Robert E Lee
In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time? (To the point it started "bleeding")
Kansas
Who led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry?
John Brown
Which battle was the bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War?
Antietam
What was the name of the famous Confederate general who died by accidental friendly fire?
Stonewall Jackson
What law stated that citizens would have to return runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
What did Stephen A Douglas propose saying we should vote on whether or not a state should be a slave or free state? (Instead of Missouri-Compromise line)
Popular Sovereignty
The highly decorated all African American regiment that fought at Fort Wagner was called what?
54th Massachusetts
What southern city did the Union put under siege and was the last city they had to take to have complete control over the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
What was the name of the most (and kind of only) successful Union general in the war?
Ulysses S. Grant
Which Union General went on a March to the Sea and engaged the South in total war?
William Sherman
Which term refers to pro-slavery activists who crossed the Kansas border to vote?
Border Ruffians
Which hero convinced officials to let women serve as nurses and recruited women to be nurses?
Dorothea Dix
General Lee and the Confederacy officially surrendered in what building?
Appomattox Court House
What was the name of the first battle of the war where the civilians had picnics while watching?
First Battle of Bull Run
Which political party arose strictly to keep the discussion about slavery alive?
Free Soil Party
Which proposal banned slavery in any lands acquired from Mexico?
Wilmot Proviso
Peace Democrats who opposed the war were called what by the War Democrats?
Copperheads
During the war Lincoln suspended the right to be brought to court after being arrested. What is this right called?
Habeas Corpus
Which court case led to a Supreme Court Decision that ruled that the Constitution protected slavery?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
What was the name of the ironclad that the Southerners constructed to defeat the Union ships?
Merrimack