Causes
The North went to war to keep the _______ intact.
What is the Union?
The Civil War started when Confederates fired on this federal fort.
What is Fort Sumter?
This man was elected President in 1860.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Confederates had this major advantage over the Union at the start of the war.
What are better military leaders?
The black regiment of soldiers who fought at Fort Wagner.
What is the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
The South went to war to protect their ______ __ ______.
What is way of life?
The battle where “Stonewall” Jackson earned his nickname.
What is Bull Run?
This man became the Confederate President.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The Civil War involved most of the country, so it can be seen as ________ War.
What is Everyone’s War?
The white officer who led black soldiers at Fort Wagner.
Who is Robert Gould Shaw?
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
The single bloodiest day of the Civil War happened at this battle.
What is Antietam?
This man was the greatest general of the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This happened to soldiers who were shot in the leg.
What is amputation?
This man can be seen as the “father of photojournalism.”
Who is Matthew Brady?
This man (a slave) went to the Supreme Court to fight for his freedom.
Who is Dred Scott?
The battle that marked a change in how naval battles were fought, making wooden ships obsolete.
What is the Monitor vs. Merrimack?
The man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Women were involved in the war as well. They were usually this.
What are nurses?
Emancipation means this.
What is setting free (slaves)?
These are the two compromises that tried to settle the issue of slavery in new states.
What are the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
This battle turned the tide in the war. (Hint: There was a famous speech made about it)
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln fired General ___________ after Antietam and General ____________ after Fredericksburg.
Who is McClellan and Burnside?
These were the nicknames of the Northern and Southern soldiers.
What is Billy Yank and Johnny Reb?
This woman was a famous reformer before the war and a nurse during the war.
Who is Dorothea Dix?