Major Battles
What was the first major battle of the war?
First Battle of Bull Run.
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
Who won the presidential election in 1860, which caused the South to secede?
Abraham Lincoln
What battle resulted in the single most bloodiest day in American history?
Battle of Antietam
Who was the leader of the Union Army?
Ulysses S. Grant
What speech did Abraham Lincoln make at the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Gettysburg Address.
Which decision made in a court case stated that Congress had no authority to ban slavery from a Federal territory and angered many anti-slavery supporters?
Dred Scott v. Stanford case
What was the period after the Civil War when the government rebuilt the South and granted groups of people many rights?
The Reconstruction Era
Which battle was a three-day battle and a major turning point in the war that took place in Pennsylvania? (Abraham Lincoln made a very famous speech here.)
Battle of Gettysburg
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which amendment granted every African-American citizen the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
Who led the raid on the armory in Harper's Ferry, trying to arm enslaved people?
John Brown
Where did General Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union?
Fort Sumter
Who was the leader of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Which amendment granted formerly enslaved people citizenship?
The 14th Amendment
What was the period of violence that took place in Kansas over the dispute over whether slavery should be illegal or not?
Bleeding Kansas
When were the Southern states admitted back into the Union?
1866
What battle ended Sherman's March to the Sea?
The Battle of Atlanta.
Who was known for their leadership of the Confederate army at the First Battle of Bull Run?
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Which document ended the Civil War?
Articles of Agreement
In which agreement was it stated that Missouri could enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state, and also raised tensions later on?
Compromise of 1850
Which act aimed to guarantee all people access to public accommodations, such as transportation?
The Civil Rights Act of 1875