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This man was the first president to be assassinated.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
True or False? Lincoln got assassinated while watching the play: 'My American Cousin'.
True. He had a 12-day long funeral procession, after dying on April 15th, 1865.
This fort being attacked is widely considered the start of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
This was the side that used plantations.
What is the South or Confederacy?
This was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is The First Battle of Bull Run?
This person assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
True or False? The Confederacy's main export was Cotton.
True. They also grew Tobacco and Rice.
If this large river was held by the Union, the Confederacy would be split. [Hint: It WAS taken by the Union, after the ____ of ________.]
What is the Mississippi River?
This party won the election with Abraham Lincoln as their candidate.
Who are the Republicans?
This battle is one of the most famous battles that happened in Union territory, more specifically in Pennsylvania.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This was the nickname of a man who threw his troops at the enemy. [Their troops could be replaced.]
Who is 'Grant the Butcher'?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: True or False? Ulysses S. Grant's nickname was 'Conditional Surrender Grant.'
False. Grant DID in fact have the nickname 'Unconditional Surrender Grant' though, but not 'Conditional Surrender Grant'.
This is where General Robert E. Lee surrendered.
What is the Appomattox Courthouse?
The Confederacy hoped that these foreign powers would interfere, siding with the Confederates.
What is Britain and France?
This siege would split the Confederacy along the Mississippi if won by the Union.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
This man created the idea of Popular Sovereignty.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
True or False? The Boa Constrictor/Anaconda plan was the plan to suffocate the Confederacy, via naval blockade and taking the Mississippi River.
True. This plan was formed by Union General Winfield Scott.
These 3 states were the first 3 to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina, Mississippi, and Florida?
This party wanted to stop immigration, and when asked about their activities, was supposed to reply: "I know nothing."
Who are the Know-Nothings/American party?
This is considered the most bloody battle of all US History.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This man was the Vice President of the Confederates.
Who is Alexander H. Stephens?
True or False? The man who ran against Lincoln in the second election was George McMelon.
False. It was George Mcclellan, not George McMelon.
California came from what country, after a war broke out, with the main purpose of the war being the US's expansion.
What is Mexico?
This was the name given to Democrats who wanted peace during the war.
Who are the Copperheads?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This battle was the battle to end all of one thing, something that ruined millions of lives, something that had to end. [HINT: It was what the Union was fighting for.]
What is the Battle against Slavery?