How many southern states seceded in protest of Lincoln's election, fearing a federal invasion?
Seven
The Union had money, a better developed economy, banking system, and a currency known as what?
Greenbacks
In June 1861, Elizabeth Black assembled a group to lobby President Lincoln into forming what?
U.S. Sanitary Commission
How long were Soldiers supposed to be able to load, aim, and fire their rifles three times?
One Minute
What was the name of the Civil War's first significant battle?
First Battle of Bull Run
The Confederate army in Virginia was led by a General who had graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, participated in the Mexican War, and led federal soldiers at Harpers Ferry. What is the name of that general?
Robert E. Lee
What were ships with heavy iron armor known as?
Ironclads
Who was the bold and restless general that got impatient when he was asked to lead defensive maneuvers? As a commander of forces in the Union’s western campaign, he would get his wish.
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the first obstacle that the Union army had to face in order to enter the Mississippi River? It was the largest city in the Confederacy and the gateway to the Mississippi River.
New Orleans
Battle of Pea Ridge
On what date did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect
January 1, 1863
Who was a sergeant in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry that became the first African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he was shot several times while keeping the U.S. flag aloft during the battle?
William Carney
What is the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment?
Habeas corpus
What was the name of the federal installation at Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, sparking the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Who devised a two-part strategy that took advantage of the Union's strengths?
(1) Damage the South's economy through a naval blockade of southern ports.
(2) Seize control of the Mississippi River to divide the South.
Winfield Scott
What was the United States Sanitary Commission's nickname?
The Sanitary
In July 1861, Lincoln ordered a General to lead a 35,000-man army from Washington, the Union capital, to Richmond, the Confederate capital. What was the name of that General?
Irvin McDowell
What other name did the First Battle of Bull Run go by?
First Battle of Manassas
During the summer of 1862, General Lee fortified his strongholds, and on June 26, he launched a series of battles known as what?
Seven Days’ Battles
The Confederates captured a Union steamship and transformed it into an ironclad, dubbing it Virginia. What was the steamship's original name before being converted?
The Merrimack
What did the western campaign focus on taking control of?
Mississippi River
Who was the admiral that approached the two forts that guarded the entrance to New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico? He also raced raced past the forts, taking Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi. He then approached the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi.
David Farragut
What is the freeing of slaves?
Emancipation
On December 31, 1862, what were meetings at many African American churches where worshipers prayed, sang, and gave thanks? When the clocks struck midnight, millions were free.
Night Watch
How many African Americans served with the Union army?
180,000
What were the diseases that killed twice as many soldiers as deaths by combat?
Typhoid, Pneumonia, and Tuberculosis
What was the name of the Fort Sumter commander who refused to comply with Confederate officials' demands to remove his federal troops?
Robert Anderson
What was the name of the Confederate President?
Jefferson Davis
What was the name of the clergyman who ran the United States Sanitary Commission?
Henry Bellows
Along a creek known as Bull Run, 22,000 Confederate troops led by a General waited for General McDowell and his troops. What is the name of the General in command of the Confederate forces?
Pierre G. T. Beauregard
The setback at Bull Run convinced Lincoln of the necessity for a better trained army, therefore who was assigned with assembling a well disciplined force of 100,000 soldiers?
George B. McClellan
General Jackson planned to wipe out Pope's army before it could join McClellan's much larger Army of the Potomac, so his troops confronted Pope's Union forces on the battlefield in August 1862. What did the three-day struggle become known as?
Second Battle of Bull Run
The Union Navy had already built its own ironclad, which was called what?
The Monitor
What was the nickname given to General Grant because Fort Donelson’s commander asked for the terms of surrender? Grant replied, “No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted.”
Unconditional Surrender
What was the siege that began mid-May 1863 where General Grant cut the city of Vicksburg off from food and shelled it repeatedly?
Siege of Vicksburg
Who was the Secretary of War who agreed with Lincoln that the use of slave labor was helping the Confederacy make war?
Edwin Stanton
Who called January 1, 1863, “the great day which is to determine the destiny not only of the American Republic, but that of the American Continent.”?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the U.S. representative from Ohio that led a group of northern Democrats that spoke out against the war? His group of northern Democrats is also known as the Peace Democrats or the Copperheads.
Clement L. Vallandigham
Who was the volunteer that organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield? She was also known as the angel of the battlefield, who soothed the wounded and dying and assisted doctors as bullets flew around her.
Clara Barton
“There can be no neutrals in this war, only patriots-or traitors."
Who is the Democratic Senator who stated this?
Stephen Douglas
What is the name given to the concept that Great Britain would back the Confederacy because it required raw cotton from the South to sustain its thriving textile industry?
Cotton Diplomacy
During the Civil War, each side chose a color for its uniforms; which color did the Union choose?
Blue
What was the name of the General who arrived with 10,000 Confederate troops to Manassas on July 21, 1861?
Joseph E. Johnston
A highly disciplined army of 100,000 Union soldiers was organized under what name?
Army of the Potomac
What other name did the Second Battle of Bull Run go by?
Second Battle of Manassas
What is the name of the Swedish-born engineer who designed the Monitor?
John Ericsson
On what date did the rebels spring on Grant’s sleepy camp and begin the Battle of Shiloh?
April 6, 1862
In August 1861, what did a Union detachment force turn a Confederate force back at?
Glorieta Pass
What was the order written by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 for the Confederate states to free the slaves? The order declared that: “. . . all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”
Emancipation Proclamation
What were escaped slaves called? They were given the right to join Union armies across the South and evened formed their own units?
Contrabands
What was the group of Northern Democrats who publicly opposed the war? They were led by U.S. Representative Clement L. Vallandigham.
Peace Democrats
What did Clara Barton's hospital work begin the basis for?
American Red Cross
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were all considered what during the Civil War?
Border States
Who was the first woman to be licensed to practice medicine?
Elizabeth Black
During the Civil War, each side chose a color for its uniforms; which color did the Confederates choose?
Gray
What was General Thomas Jackson's nickname?
Stonewall
In the spring of 1862, General McClellan launched an assault on Richmond. Instead of heading south for a direct assault, McClellan gradually moved his troops through the peninsula between the James and York rivers. What was the name for this move?
Peninsular Campaign
What is the name of the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War—and in American history?
Battle of Antietam
When the Virginia returned to Hampton Roads, the Monitor was ready; after many hours of engagement, neither ship sustained severe damage, but the Monitor forced the Virginia to withdraw. This victory spared the Union fleet, extended the blockade, and heralded a change in naval warfare. What is this events corresponding title?
Clash of the Ironclads
What was the Battle that began on April 6, 1862, when the rebels sprang on grants sleepy camp? In this battle, the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley. The armies finally gave out, each with about 10,000 casualties.
Battle of Shiloh
Where else did Union volunteers defeat rebel forces in the far west, specifically in Arizona?
Pichaco Pass
On what date did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
September 22, 1862
What was the unit that consisted mostly of free African Americans? In July 1863 this regiment led a heroic charge on South Carolina’s Fort Wagner. The regiment took heavy fire and suffered huge casualties in the failed operation. About half the regiment was killed, wounded, or captured.
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry
What was the name for the Peace Democrats, implemented by their enemies, that compared them to a poisonous snake?
Copperheads
In the South, who was the woman that established a small hospital in Richmond, Virginia. By the end of the war, it had grown into a major army hospital. Jefferson Davis recognized her value to the war effort by making her a captain in the Confederate army.
Sally Louisa Tompkins