"The Great Emancipator," who presided over the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War; also a turning point in the favor of the North. Lincoln delivered one of his best speeches here.
What is Gettysburg?
100
A West Point graduate and leader of the Confederate forces.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
Law that said northerners had to return escaped slaves to the south.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
100
Secret system of transportation for runaway slaves.
What is the Underground Railroad?
200
Stubborn president who fired cabinet members as fast as he could hire them. The current Democratic Party's mascot was made with him in mind.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
The first major battle of the Civil War which saw the South attack the North as they were fleeing Fort Sumter.
What is 1st Bull Run / Manassas?
200
Another west Point graduate and final leader of the Union Army.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
Law that made Maine a free state and Missouri a slave state. As well, all states under Missouri had to be slave.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
200
People who were against slavery.
What are abolitionists?
300
The son in the first father-son duo to be president. He only lasted four years because no one wanted to work with him and a bribery scandal involving Henry Clay.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
300
First major victory of Robert E. Lee; the South had the high ground outside of town and decimated the Union forces as they tried to meet them.
What is Fredericksburg?
300
Southern general who was so strong that he could run through a 'stone wall." He actually died at Chancellorsville.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
300
The 14th Amendment, passed in 1864, did this for slaves.
What is emancipation?
300
President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
A gifted writer, with a great career, his presidency was shockingly underwhelming as his presidential moment was escaping a burning White House.
Who is James Madison?
400
The bloodiest day in the Civil War took place at this battle outside of a small Maryland town.
What is Antietam?
400
Leader of the March to Sea, who burned down the city of Atlanta on his way.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
400
Legislation that tightened up the Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
400
Biscuits eaten by civil war soldiers that were difficult to chew.
What is hardtack?
500
Began a "doctrine" of political policy that kept the United States out of Europe's affairs.
Who is James Monroe?
500
Ulysses S. Grant's first victory came at this battle down in Mississippi.
What is Vicksburg?
500
He led an ill-fated charge at the Battle of Gettysburg that resulted in mass carnage and a devastating loss for the South.
Who is George Pickett?
500
The 15th amendment allowed men of African descent this right.
What is the right to vote?
500
The method of getting soldiers into the Union Army toward the end of the war.