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This person was elected president of the United States of America in 1860
Who was Abraham Lincoln
The "first shots" of the Civil War were fired here.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina
The first state to secede, or leave the Union
What is South Carolina?
The number of Union States
BONUS 50: the state that was added later in the war
BONUS 50: the year it was added
What was 23 (24 accepted too)
BONUS
West Virginia
1863
This man was the first and only president of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis
The number of casualties resulting from the bombardment of Fort Sumter
What was a horse or no human casualties
(Either accepted)
True or False: Indiana was in the Union
What is true
The number of Confederate states
What was 11
This book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, united abolitionists and drove another wedge between the North and South
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin
The number of volunteers Abraham Lincoln asked for to fight in the war
What was 75,000
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True or False: Alabama was part of the Union
What is false
The capital of the U.S.A
What is Washington D.C.
This officer was the Union commander at Fort Sumter
Who was Major (Robert) Anderson
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The date (month and year) the first shots were fired
BONUS POINTS FOR THE TIME AND DAY OF THE MONTH! (50 EXTRA POINTS!)
April 1861
4:30
12th
True or False: Texas was in the Confederacy
What is True
The capital of the C.S.A.
What is Richmond, Virginia
This General of the CSA commanded the soldiers who fired on Fort Sumter
Who was General (P.G.T) Beauregard
The side that won at Fort Sumter
What was the Confederate army
The 4 border states
What were Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland
The approximate distance between the capital of the U.S.A and the capital of the C.S.A
What is 100 miles