Famous Leaders
The president of the Union and the United States during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The battle that began the Civil War.
What is the Battle at Fort Sumter?
This book convinced many that slavery is evil and should be ended.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
The region of the United States that “needed” slavery to survive.
Where is the South?
"My God! My God! What will the country say! What will the country say!
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He did not want to be the President of the CSA.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The last major offensive battle for the Confederates.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Congress passed five laws that gave both Northerners and Southerners victories.
What is "Bleeding Kansas?"
The capital city and state of the Confederate States.
Where is Richmond, Virginia?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
320 barrels of gunpowder were used in this battle.
What is the Battle of the Crater?
The author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The town where the surrender between Lee and Grant took place.
Where is Appomattox?
"With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home."
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The South hated this Union general more than any other.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Joshua Chamberlain lead the Twentieth- Maine in this battle
Who is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The man who tried to start a slave uprising at Harper’s Ferry. He was tried and hanged.
Who was John Brown?
Three states that seceded from the United States.
What are Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Texas, or Louisiana?
"Sic Temper Tyrannus"
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Lee called him "the old warhorse?
Who is General Longstreet?
This was called the "awful tornado of battles."
What is Antietam?
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are not citizens and that slavery can’t be outlawed by the government.
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
All five neutral states during the Civil War.
Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia?
"Women will have come with twins hanging around their necks....bags on their shoulders, baskets on their heads, and young ones tagging along behind, all loaded: pigs squealing, chickens screaming, young ones squealing."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?