When did the Civil War take place? (what year did it start and what year did it end)?
1861-1865
100
The Battle of Gettysburg ended with a victory for whom?
The Union
100
What city did Sherman say he was giving President Lincoln as a Christmas gift?
Savannah
100
This event destroyed much of Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah
Sherman's March to the Sea
100
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
Jefferson Davis
200
What was the name of the man who took over a government warehouse full of guns? He wanted to give the guns to the slaves.
john Brown
200
Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter the Confederates or Union?
Confederates
200
On Sherman's March to the Sea he would heat railroad tracks and tie them around trees. They became known as.....
Sherman's Neckties
200
This was a Major Civil war battle that lasted for 3 days, ending with a Union Victory.
Battle of Gettysburg
200
Who was the major general for the Union?
Ulysses S. Grant
300
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Slavery
300
What was the document that Abraham Lincoln wrote and signed that ended slavery in the United States?
Emancipation Proclamation
300
The Appomattox Court House was the home of.....?
Wilmer Mclean
300
This was the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
300
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
400
The book Uncle Tom's Cabin told about the evils of slavery, who wrote it?
Herriett Beecher Stowe
400
John Brown took over a warehouse full of guns and was captured by Robert E. Lee. Where was he at?
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
400
A portion of the battle site of Gettysburg was set aside for a......?
Cemetery
400
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House
400
Who was the major General for the Confederate States?
Robert E. Lee
500
What was the name of the famous speech that President Lincoln gave in PA.?
Gettysburg Address
500
The South could not buy from other countries because Congress placed a tax on goods imported from other countries. This is what is known as?
Trade Imbalance
500
In the early 1800 the Constitution did not include amendments about the issue of slavery. The Southern states believed that the 10th amendment gave them the right to own slaves as personal property. This was another cause for the Civil War. What term do we use for this issue?
States' Rights
500
When William T. Sherman Captured this place it began his march.
Atlanta Campaign
500
Who was it that recieved his nickname during the battle of Bull Run? ( He did not retreat he kept fighting)