Initially, the Civil War was fought by Lincoln for this reason.
What is to preserve or save the Union?
100
This is the name of the leader of the Confederate States of America.
Who is President Jefferson Davis?
100
On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on this fort, taking it over and beginning the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
This is the name given to a person fighting to end slavery.
What are abolitionists?
100
During the Civil War, this transportation device was first used to help move troops and supply troops.
What are the railroads?
200
When Lincoln was elected, many Southerners felt that he would end or abolish this.
What is slavery?
200
This is the name of the Commander-in-chief for the Confederacy.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
200
After this failed invasion of the North, which became the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, General Lee never again invaded the South.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
During the Civil War, this name was used to refer to the government and armies of the North.
What is the Union?
200
Rather than fight for the South, this state was formed.
What is West Virginia?
300
3. This is the new name for the union of Southern states that left the United States.
What is the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy?
300
This is the name of Commander of the Union forces who was known for his policy of unconditional surrender.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This important battle began with a siege of a Southern city, resulted in the Union gaining control of the Mississippi River and allowed the Union to cut the Confederacy in two.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
300
This declared that slaves would be free in the Confederacy and added the abolition of slavery as a goal for the war.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
At Fort Wagner, this African American fighting force proved their worth after facing discrimination in pay and training.
Who are the Massachusetts 54th Regiment?
400
This is name given to the Southern states' action of leaving the United States.
What is secession?
400
This Union general is known for burning Atlanta and “making Georgia howl” to destroy the last untouched supply base of the South.
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman?
400
After the Battle for Richmond, Grant surrounded Lee’s forces and General Lee ended the Civil War by surrendering his forces here.
What is Appomattox Court House?
400
This 1863 Lincoln speech was given in memory of Union soldiers who died protecting the ideals of freedom.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
The majority of deaths in the Civil War were a result of this.
What is disease?
500
Tensions increased between the North and South as new territories wanted statehood due to this issue.
What is desire to maintain the balance of free and slave states for power?
500
This is the name of the Confederate general who earned a nickname for standing his ground at the Battle of Bull Run until reinforcements arrived.
Who is General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?
500
The battle between these two ships proved that ironclads were superior to wooden ships.
What are the Merrimac and the Monitor?
500
Lincoln suspended this right, which allows citizens to appear before a court to face charges during the Civil War, to deal with those suspected of being disloyal to the United States.
What is habeas corpus?
500
This is the name given to the Union’s war plan to blockade the South’s ports to cut off trade and divide the Confederacy by taking control of the Mississippi River.