People
Led a raid at Harpers Ferry
John Brown
Name the speech that freed the slaves in the South?
Emancipation Proclamation
The north and the south paid for the war by...
Borrowing money, lowering tariffs, printing momey
Billy's mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Luke, the third was named Lily, the fourth was named Leo. What is the name of the 5th child?
Billy
The two famous Union nurses that changed military nursing forever.
Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton
Where did Lincoln give a famous speech at a battle site in Pennsylvania?
Gettysburg
The Kansas-Nebraska Act made states decide on slavery through a vote. This is called...
Popular Sovereignty
It likes food, but water kills it. What is it?
Fire
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Not a speech, but this person wrote in his newspaper about having an "immediate end to slavery"
William Lloyd Garrison
Name three advantages the North had over the South
North had a larger population
More abundant resources than the south
Better economy
Stronger Navy
More efficient railway system
A man was walking in the rain in the middle of nowhere without a coat or umbrella. He got soaked but not a single hair on his head was wet. How did this happen?
He was bald.
Name the supreme court case that was fought over the slave who moved to a free state?
What was the difference between Lincoln's First Inaugural Address and his Second Inaugural Address?
The biggest difference in the speech is the issue of slavery. Lincoln acknowledged that slavery was the primary reason for the war. He also asks the south to rejoin the union in his second speech.
What was the Northern strategy during the Civil War?
Blockade southern ports
Control the Mississippi
Capture the Confederate capital
A cowboy rode into town on Friday. He stayed in town for three days and rode back out on Friday. How is this possible?
Robert E. Lee (Confederate) and Ulysses S. Grant (Union)
What are the first few words in the Gettysburg Address?
"Four score and seven years ago"
Why did President Lincoln want Kentucky to be a free state so bad?
He thought that if they were a slave state, other border states would follow and the union would eventually lose the war.
The more there is, the less you see. What is it?