The War Begins
He was elected president in 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The Confederacy won this 1861 battle, boosting Southern morale.
What is Bull Run?
This percentage of Union soldiers were Black.
What is about 10%?
This term means "prices go up."
What is inflation?
The Union defeated the Confederacy because they had more of these.
What are supplies or firearms?
This was the first engagement of the Civil War.
What was Fort Sumter?
This 1862 battle was the bloodiest battle.
What is Antietam?
She founded the American Red Cross.
Who was Clara Barton?
These people wanted to make peace with the South.
What are Copperheads?
This Confederate general surrendered in 1865?
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Most Civil War battles were fought in this region.
What is the South?
This Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
This Black regiment became famous for its assault on Fort Wagner.
What is the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
Lincoln suspended this right so people who supported the Confederacy could be jailed.
What is habeas corpus?
Lee surrendered to this general.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
This law made slaves free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 3-day battle took place in Pennsylvania in 1863.
What is Gettysburg?
This black woman worked as a spy for the Union.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
This act helped fund the first transcontinental railroad.
What is the Pacific Railroad Act?
Lee surrendered at this location.
What was Appomattox Courthouse?
After the Emancipation Proclamation, Black men were allowed to join these two military branches.
What are the Army and the Navy?
General Sherman burned this city and destroyed railroads, homes, and crops.
What is Atlanta?
This woman was a spy for the Confederacy.
Who was Rose O'Neal Greenhow?
This act gave settlers 160 acres if they moved West.
What is the Homestead Act?
He assassinated President Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?