Events
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Who was President of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter
To withdraw from the Union of states.
Secede
Which Northern Democrat received the 2nd most votes in the election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
The Union's Monitor and Confederacy's Merrimack fought in the world's first battle of these in March 1862.
Ironclads
Which Union General eventually ran against Abraham Lincoln for President in the election of 1864?
George B. McClellan
What was the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
Antietam
The Northern states during the Civil War
Union
Which famous act banned slavery in the South?
The Emancipation Proclamation
In 1863 the North adopted a law for men ages 20 to 45 to be put into a...
Draft
Which General was offered command of the United States army during the Civil War, but refused as his loyalties lied to his home-state of Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
Which Battle in Pennsylvania led to the defeat of Robert E. Lee's army, and eventual retreat of the Confederates back to the south?
Gettysburg
The Southern States during the Civil War
Confederacy
The type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended.
Martial Law
On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at this location.
Appomattox Courthouse
Whose march led to the burning of buildings and crops throughout the south as punishment for secession?
William Tecumseh Sherman
Which battle along the Mississippi River effectively split the south into two as the Union controlled the river?
Vicksburg
Someone who opposes slavery
Abolitionist
Which state was the first to offer troops to fight for the Union?
Minnesota
In separate events, both Lincoln and Jefferson Davis suspended constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment, or this...(show me the body in Latin).
Habeas corpus
Which individual entered Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865 and assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Which Battle was considered the first major conflict of the Civil War, with many families gathering for picnics as they thought the war would be over in a matter of hours?
First Battle of Bull Run
An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender.
Siege
What was the name of the Northern plan to blockade the south in order to prevent them from trading with Europe?
Anaconda Plan