Important People
Who was the president for the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Ships that were covered in iron were called what?
Ironclads
In what year did the Civil War begin?
1861
What is America's deadliest war?
Who freed hundred of slaves using the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What did soldiers use in order to get from one place to another?
Horses
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumpter
Abraham Lincoln gave this famous speech to honor those who died at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.
The Gettysburg Adress
What was the first state to leave the Union?
South Carolina
This women helped found the American Red cross that helped injured soldiers.
Clara Barton
What aircraft did soldiers use to spy on their opponents and tell their general were the opposing army was?
Hot air ballons
In what month and year did Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union army?
April 1865
This document states that all slaves held in Confederate States were ordered to be freed.
The Emancipation Proclamation
What invention took the seeds out from the cotton bolls?
The cotton gin
What general was asked to lead both armies, but he wanted to stay loyal to his home state Virginia?
Robert E.Lee
Why did so many people die during the war?
Disease or poor medical attention
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Bull Run
This document abolished slavery in all of America. What was it called?
The 13th Amendement
Why did the south rebel?
They did not agree on slavery
Who helped Abraham Lincoln create the Emancipation Proclamation by telling him about slave mistreatment?
Fredrick Douglass
What was the name of the youngest drummer boy who shot his way to freedom?
Johnny Clem
What was the name of the unit that was made of formally enslaved people named?
54th Massachusetts Infantry
What document gave citizenship to former slaves?
The 14th amendment
What was the period after the Civil War were the Confederate states rejoined the Union called?
The Reconstruction Era