Battles
This battle marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
Lincoln was constantly at odds with this general during the war.
Who is George McClellan?
What are 20 slaves?
This was the name of the Union strategy during the war.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This innovation cut grooves into the barrel of a gun, allowing bullets to fire longer distances and be more accurate.
What is rifling?
The conclusion of this battle led to the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This was the main Confederate general during the war.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
Lincoln suspended this in the border states, which denied people the right to a trial by jury
What is habeas corpus?
What is cotton?
This was responsible for the most deaths during the war.
What are diseases.
What is Gettysburg?
Northern democrats who sought an end to the Civil War were known as
This woman would go on to found the Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
This battle is considered the high water mark of the Confederacy, and would mark the highest advance North by the Confederates.
What is Gettysburg?
This regiment fought at the Battle of Fort Wagner and was the first Black regiment of the war.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
This is where the Confederates surrendered.
What is Appomattox Court House?
The idea of buying up goods and selling them later when the price goes is up is known as
What is profiteering?
What is New York City?
What is Richmond?
Civil War surgeons went by this nickname.
What are sawbones?
Paper notes issued by the US government, which were not backed by gold, were known as
What are greenbacks?
Confederate women staged a bread riot in this city.
What is Richmond?
This was the Union's best General during the war who eventually forced Robert Lee to surrender.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
This battle was the first where troops were transported by trains.
What is Bull Run?