Presidents/Generals
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumpter
Who lead 70 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What put a stop to slave being brought to America?
Transatlantic Slave Act
What political party was founded on the belief that slavery should be abolished?
Republican Party
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
Battle of Bull Run
What was the name of the secret escape for slaves to get to the north or Canada?
Underground Railroad
What agreement attempted to balance power in the senate between free and slave states?
Compromise of 1850
What amendment outlawed slavery in the US?
13th amendment
Who led a march to the sea that ended the Civil War?
General Sherman
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Who wrote a book about his life as a slave?
Fredrick Douglas
Fugitive Slave Act
What iron clad ship belonged to the union and confederacy respectively?
Merrimack - Confederate
Monitor - Union
Who commanded the confederate army ?
Robert E. Lee
Which battle was the deadliest day of the Civil War?
What is an abolitionist?
Someone who thinks slavery should be abolished or done away with.
What declared all slaves in the Confederacy were free?
Emancipation Proclamation
What was the capital of the Confederate States of America?
Richmond, VA
Who was the commander of the Union army and what was his nickname?
U.S. Grant (Unconditional Surrender)
During which battle did the Union gain control of the upper Mississippi?
Vicksburg
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
What did the Dred Scott decision allow?
Slavery in US territories
What 2 things were decided by the Civil War?
No state could leave the union; slavery was outlawed