His Presidential election in 1860 inspired a number of southern states to secede from the union.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This was the first state to secede from the Union after Lincoln was elected President.
What is South Carolina?
100
This was the first major battle of the war and showed to both sides that the war would be neither quick nor easy.
What is First Manassas (Bull Run)?
100
Immediately following Union victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued this, essentially freeing all the slaves in the Confederacy
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
100
This theory refers to letting people decide for themselves when it came to the issue of slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
He was President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
This city was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
200
This Battle saw the single bloodiest day in the Civil War and was the Union victory Lincoln needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
200
This Supreme Court Decision confirmed slaves as property, denied them the right to sue and prohibited Congress from deciding on the issue of slavery in the territories.
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
200
This Union plan of attack called for a long and drawn out process of crushing the rebellion and resulted in a media backlash.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
This general earned the nickname "Stonewall" while standing his ground against a Union attack at the first battle of Bull Run.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall"Jackson?
300
This site is where Lincoln gave his famous address in 1863
What is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
300
This was considered the greatest Confederate victory of the war but they lost Stonewall Jackson after he was accidentally shot by his own troops.
What is Chancellorsville?
300
During this speech, Abraham Lincoln declared he had no intention of interfering with the institution of slavery.
What is Lincoln's Inaugural Address?
300
This political party opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.
What is the Republican Party?
400
This general took full command of the Union forces in 1864 and had key victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
400
This is where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the Civil War.
What is Appomattox, Virginia
400
This was the most important Union victory in the west as they gained control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
400
By re-electing Lincoln President in 1864, America decided that it wanted to do this.
What is continue to fight the war?
400
This region of the country opposed government intervention in economic and social issues.
What is the South?
500
This former general of the Union forces opposed Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1864.
Who is George McClellan?
500
This is the specific place and location where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865.
What is Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
500
During this battle, the union destroyed roughly $80 million worth of Confederate property.
What is Sherman's "March to the Sea" or Battle of Atlanta?
500
During the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Grant decided to let the Confederates keep all of their belongings, except for these.
What is their guns?
500
These were the first three states that seceding from the Union between the time Lincoln was elected and inaugurated.