The three regions of the country couldn't agree on much.
What are the North, the South, and the West?
100
This was a term for people who were trying to bring an end to slavery.
What are abolitionists?
100
This General led the Union Army. After the war, he became president. These days you can see him on the $50 bill.
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
100
This island fort was attacked by the Confederates when the North tried to resupply it. It was the first battle of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
He was the president of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
This was a popular idea in the South during the Civil War. They believed if they didn't want to follow a federal law, they didn't have to, and they called it this.
What is States' Rights?
200
This invention made it faster to harvest cotton, and Southern farmers needed more slaves to keep up.
What is the cotton gin?
200
The great Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men, but this is what actually killed him.
What is pneumonia?
200
The first major battle of the war was the 1st Battle of Bull Run. Wealthy people from Washington D.C. did this during the battle.
What is packed a picnic lunch and watched the battle from a hill?
200
Virginia and North Carolina fought for this side during the war.
What is the South/Confederacy?
300
The South thought the North wanted to end this "peculiar institution."
What is slavery?
300
The North didn't use slave labor because their economy was based on this.
What is manufacturing or factories?
300
General Sherman burned homes and killed livestock as he marched across the South. He burned large parts of this city.
What is Atlanta?
300
This battle in Pennsylvania became a turning point for the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which did this.
What is freed the slaves in states fighting against the Union.
400
This man won the election of 1860, which made the South very unhappy.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
This man led a raid on a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, VA. He wanted to start a slave rebellion, but it didn't work out.
Who was John Brown?
400
Robert E. Lee fought for this side during the Civil War.
What is the South/Confederates?
400
This battle was the single bloodiest day in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
400
This is a war where one side accepts lots of casualties (deaths) in battle because they have more soldiers than the other side and they can wear them down.
What is a war of attrition?
500
This state became the first Southern state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
500
Slaves escaped the South using trails and hiding places that became known as this.
What is the Underground Railroad?
500
Almost all of the generals for the Union and the Confederacy learned how to be military officers at this military school. It's still in use today.
What is West Point?
500
The Civil War ended when this Confederate general surrendered to General Grant.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
500
He was assassinated while watching a play with his wife.