Causes
Slavery
People
Battles
War Geography
100

What does "secede" mean?

To break apart from

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100

Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

100

What was the first major land battle of the Civil War?

Battle of Bull Run (or Battle of First Manassas)

100
Virginia was a part of which side?

The Confederacy (South)

200
Which state was the first to leave the Union?
South Carolina
200
The name of the path that escaping slaves used.
The Underground Railroad
200

Who was the major Union General? Who was the major Confederate General?

Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee

200

What were the name of the two Ironclads during their battle and what side where they for?

Union: Monitor

Confederacy: Merrimack

200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300

What was the reason the Civil War was be fought?

Slavery

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

Who led a raid at the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry?


John Brown

300

What battle did the Confederacy technically win, but lost so many men it was called an "empty victory"?

Battle of Fredericksburg

300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What part of Virginia did not agree with the slavery laws, seceded from Virginia, and formed West Virginia?

Western Counties

400

Who led a revolt against plantation owners?

Nat Turner

400
Who was a Civil War nurse that created the American Red Cross?

Clara Barton

400

What General got shot in the hand and was the main General during the Battle of Bull Run?

"Stonewall" Jackson

400

West Virginia was a part of the which side?

The Union (North)

500

What happened to Richmond to end the war?

The Union burned it down

500

Enslaved African Americans fought for which side?

Both

500

Who was an African American spy for the Union Army?

Mary Bowser

500
Where did the Confederacy surrendered?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
500

What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?

Richmond, Virginia

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