Who's Who
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Another name for the South
Confederacy (Confederates or Confederate States of America)
What is the name of the new type of bullet that was created during the civil war and was more accurate than a musket ball?
Minie Ball
What was the main crop in the South that required a lot of slave labor?
Cotton
Who was leader of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Which year did the Civil War begin?
1861
To cut off a body part through the use of surgery
Amputation (Amputate)
What was the invention that separated cotton seeds and actually increased the need for slaves?
Cotton Gin
Which state is Robert E. Lee from?
Who was the general who marched through Georgia?
Tecumseh Sherman
Which battle was the bloodiest battle in American History (means the most people died in the battle).
Antietam
This machine would tap out messages in Morse Code
The Telegraph
Who invented the code that uses a series of dots and dashes?
Samuel B. Morse
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th Amendment
Who shot Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What is the name of the Fort that the Confederates fired upon to start the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
The name for the new kind of armor put on ships during the Civil War
Ironclad
What was new about the naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac?
It was the first time there was ironclad ships
Where was Abraham Lincoln shot? (Location)
Ford's Theater
Who was Abraham Lincoln's Vice President?
Andrew Johnson
What is the date that Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomatox?
April 9, 1865
To separate; usually from a political or religious organization
Secede (or secession)
What is the name for preserving a body so it could be sent home to the family? (This was invented during the Civil War)
Embalming
What were the names of the two ships that battled in the first Ironclad ship battle?
The Monitor and the Merrimac