Generals
Soldiers
Women during the War
Emancipation Proclamation
Bonus
100
Union General who developed the Anaconda Plan.
General Winfield Scott
100
A system that requires individuals to serve in the military
A draft
100
This predominately male profession became a predominantly female profession during the Civil War
Nursing
100
This man wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
100
This Civil War General became the 18th president of the United States.
General Ulysses S. Grant
200
This Union general is known for his organizational skills and his excessive caution.
General George B. McClellan
200
Some of these soldiers came from cities and had never held a gun before. Also 180,000 of them were African American.
The Union Soldiers, "Billy Yank"
200
List as many new roles that women took on in the Civil War as you can.
(The other team can steal if they can name more)
Farmer-managing/working the farm, spy, nurse, army mail carrier, government clerk/secretary, weapons factory worker, soldier
(Sewing and writing letters are not new roles)
200
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued after this battle
The Battle of Antietam
200
This man was the President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
300
Confederate General who is famous for his ability to move troops quickly.
General Stonewall Jackson
300
These soldiers were constantly short on supplies and often had to march barefoot
The Confederate Soldiers, "Johnny Reb"
300
This former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad served as a spy for the Union.
Harriet Tubman
300
Who was declared free by the Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves in the Confederate States and Confederate "Territory still in rebellion" as of January 1st, 1863. It did not free slaves anywhere else in the U.S.
300
The number one cause of death during the Civil War
Disease
400
Union General whose strategy was to wear down the enemy by fighting them wherever and whenever possible.
Ulysses S. Grant
400
These men ate few fruits and vegetables. They had to carry 50-60 pounds of equipment while marching in bad weather and had to dig trenches.
Both Union and Confederate Soldiers
400
This nurse was nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield" and founded the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
400
The Confederacy had this many days to surrender before the Emancipation Proclamation would take effect
One Hundred
400
In this year the 19th Amendment was passed giving American women the right to vote.
1920
500
General who had to choose between fighting for the Union or the Confederacy. He was known for daring strategies that often went against the tactics taught at the time.
General Robert E. Lee
500
An all-black regiment of the Union Army led by Colonel Gould Shaw that took control of an important Confederate fort.
The Massachusetts 54th Regiment
(Photo of Sergeant William H. Carney)
500
What year did the women's suffrage (right to vote) movement begin in the United States
1848
500
These are three ways the Emancipation Proclamation affected the war.
(The other team can steal if they can name more)
1. Ensured the South would never get European support
2. Allowed African Americans to serve in the Union Army
3. Changed the focus of the war from simply preserving the Union to ending slavery
500
Which Amendment to the Constitution ended slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment
