Civil War Unit

People

100

The person who led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

Harriet Tubman

200

This person was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant

300

This person was the most successful Southern general in the Civil War.

Robert E. Lee

400

This person was the president of the Union during the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

500

This person was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Jefferson Davis

People

100

This person wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which spoke about the cruelty of slavery.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

200

This person, known for his strength, led the Confederates during the First Battle of Bull Run.

"Stonewall" Jackson

300

This person was a Democrat and lost the 1860 election to Lincoln.

Stephen Douglass

400

Which abolitionist led an attack at Harpers Ferry, Virginia?

John Brown

500

This man escaped to freedom on a train and became a strong abolitionist. He is known for writing the North Star newspaper. 

Frederick Douglass

Compromises/Events

100

The firing at this fort signaled the beginning of the Civil War.

Fort Sumter

200

This Confederate victory was the first major battle (and occurred just 30 miles outside of Washington D.C.).

First Battle of Bull Run (or Manassas)

300

The CSS Virginia and USS Monitor changed naval warfare forever. The battle was a draw between the iron ships.

Battle of the Ironclads

400

This compromise stated Missouri was to become a slave state and Maine was to be a free state (kept the balance of power in government).

Missouri Compromise

500

This compromise caused violence in Kansas over the idea that the people in the state would vote on the issue of slavery (popular sovereignty).

Kansas-Nebraska Act

North/South

100

This area contained huge farms called plantations and had more enslaved people here.

South

200

This area had more people and factories and most of the people opposed slavery.

North

300

Most of the people living here opposed the election of Abraham Lincoln as President.

South

400

Many of the people here claimed that states' rights were superior to the federal government.

South

500

What invention was created that increased the need for enslaved individuals in the South?

Cotton gin

Miscellaneous

100

This woman was named "La Belle Rebelle" by a French newspaper for her work as a Confederate spy

Belle Boyd

200

This state was the first to secede from the Union.

South Carolina

300

These states stayed loyal to the Union, but still had slavery.

Border states

400

This political party was more conservative and wanted to expand slavery.

Democrats

500

This was the capital of the Confederacy

Richmond, Virginia