Vocabulary
Politics and Law
War & Strategy
American Experiences
Important People
100
Someone who is injured or killed in war or battle
What is a casualty?
100
The winner of the 1864 U.S. presidential election, one year before the surrender of Appomattox in 1865.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
The side that benefitted from control of food crops
What is the North/Union?
100
The side in the war that suffered the most destruction.
What is the South?
100
This leader from Kentucky was the 16th president of the United States, serving during the Civil War twice
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
To formally leave a group or organization
What is '(to) secede'?
200
The political party of Abraham Lincoln
What is the Republican Party?
200
The site of the first military engagement between the Union and Confederacy
What is Fort Sumter?
200
The decree that allowed black men to serve in the Union Army for the first time
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
A veteran of the Mexican-American war, this general later became a U.S. president.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This is used to call a person up to serve for their country's military among eligible citizens.
What is a (military) draft? (Also: military conscription or Selective Service)
300
The president chosen to lead the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
The novel (new) battle tactic used in the Civil War
What is trench warfare?
300
The most common form of surgery during the war
What is amputation?
300
This general surrendered on behalf of the Confederacy.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
400
A slave-holding state that remained in the Union
What is a border state?
400
Name one of the five Border States.
What is the West Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, or Missouri?
400
The first battle that happened in the north
What is the Battle of Antietam?
400
The #1 cause of soldier deaths
What is disease?
400
Who are these two dogs meant to depict?
Who are Abraham Lincoln (US) and Jefferson Davis (Confederates).
500
What is it called when someone who loses their home due to war or instability?
What is a refugee?
500
In what areas were slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is rebelling/Southern states only (Not the border states).
500
What the Union restricted as part of their Anaconda Plan
What is southern supply lines/ports and access to the rivers?
500
What one needed to avoid being drafted into either army
What is wealth? (in the form of money or slaves)
500
Often forgotten, who took over control of farms, family businesses, acted as spies, smugglers etc.
Who are women?
