Early Civil War

Buildup

100

This candidate of the 1860 election was a Democrat who opposed Federal slave codes and was for popular sovereignty.

Stephen Douglas

200

This candidate of the 1860 election was a Democrat who supported Federal slave codes and was for popular sovereignty and famously won most of the South.

John Breckinridge

300

This candidate was a Constitutional Unionist and wanted to avoid the topic of slavery entirely to keep the U.S. together.

John Bell

400

This republican candidate from Illinois ran on containing slavery on where it was until it dies out. 

Abraham Lincoln

500

This man was President during 1860.

James Buchanan

Battles

100

Not a battle but the event that triggered the Civil War.

Fort Sumter

200

The first battle of the Civil War and the first battle of in this place.

First Battle of Bull Run

300

It was the first victory of the Union but not given credit for it because it happened in the West.

Battle of Shiloh

400

This battle was the first "win" of the Union but also the bloodiest.

Battle of Antietam

500

This family had the Civil War start in their front yard and later, after they moved further into Virginia, it would end in their living room.

DOUBLE POINTS! Wilmer McLean Family

Leaders

100

This man won the 1860 election.

Abraham Lincoln

200

This CONFEDERATE general was in charge of the Confederate Forces at Fort Sumter, First Battle of Bull Run and took over for the mortally wounded commander at the Battle of Shiloh.

P.G.T. Beauregard

300

He would become the most decorated Union General but for now he led the troops in the West.

Ulysses S. Grant

400

This Union general led the Federal Forces at Antietam but would later be replaced.

Major General George B. McClellan

500

This general was on the fence about joining the Confederacy but did before the Battle of Antietam.

Robert E. Lee

Extra Credit

100

This player 79 years ago broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball and his non-violent ways in response to threats and actions inspired the Civil Rights Movement 20 years later.

Jackie Robinson

200

This General lead the assault on the Confederate left flank at Antietam. He was also known to be a bit of a ladies man and why the negative term for women is his last name.

Joseph Hooker

300

This Union General arrived just in time to help Grant defeat the Confederates at Shiloh.

General Don Carlos Buell

400

This event was what followed the Union loss at Bull Run.

The Great Skedaddle

500

The Union officer in charge of Fort Sumter.

Major Robert Anderson

Slave States

100

This state saw most of the action of the war and housed the Confederate capital.

Virginia

200

This state is home to New Orleans and was captured early in the war to control the Mississippi River.

Louisiana

300

This state started the Civil War by leaving the Union

South Carolina

400

This state is home to a mighty river that shares its name and where Grant was marching to during the Battle of Shiloh.

Mississippi

500

This state saw most of the action of Grant's Western Theater.

Tennessee