Miscellaneous
What were the two main reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union?
Slavery and protect their slaves rights.
Who helped the underground railroad and went on many trips back to the deep South?
Harriet Tubman
When was the Battle of Hampton Roads?
March 9, 1862
When was Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States?
1860
What did General “Stonewall” Jackson die from?
Shots by his own men / friendly fire
What was the time period after the Civil War called?
Reconstruction
Who led the raid In 1859 at Harper’s Ferry to protest enslavement?
John Brown
What are the names of the Union and Confederate ironclads that fought in the The Battle of Hampton Roads?
Union: Monitor (one with a round gun turret)
Confederate: Merrimack
Who helped black families escape their owners?
Harriet Tubman
Who switched from the Union to the Confederacy?
General Robert E. Lee
What event was the official beginning of the Civil War?
Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay on April 12, 1861
What was the name of the abolitionist, author, and activist who had once been a slave?
Frederick Douglass
When was the First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas)?
July 21, 1861
The Underground Railroad
What was the name of the group that helped slaves escape to freedom?
General Stonewall Jackson
Who was the main Confederate general that helped in many battles?
Which two key people from the Civil War have birthdays two days apart in February?
Abraham Lincoln (February 12) and Frederick Douglass (February 14)
Who helped take over Richmond?
General Ulysses S. Grant (of the Union)
Who led the Confederates to victory in the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Battle of Manassas)?
General Robert E. Lee
True or false, many white people were rich and so the rise of slavery happened because they bought them more and more.
True
Ulysses S. Grant
Which Civil War General later was elected to two terms as President of the United States?
Trick question (It's ok if you don't know): Who did Lincoln debate with?
Stephen A Douglas
Who killed Abraham Lincon?
John Wilkes Booth
Which side won in the Battle of Antietam? (The battle that provided President Abraham Lincoln the opportunity he had wanted to announce the Emancipation Proclamation, making the Battle of Antietam one of the key turning points of the American Civil War.) in Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862?
Union
Who wrote the antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
January 19, 1807
When was Robert E Lee born?