Early Battles
Union vs Confederacy
Leaders & Generals
Turning point
Aftermath & Legacy
100

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?

100

Which side had more railroads and factories?

What is the Union?

100

Who was president of the United States during the Civil War?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

What proclamation changed the focus of the war to ending slavery?

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?


100

In what year did the Civil War end?

What is 1865?

200

This was the single bloodiest day of the Civil War.

What is the Battle of Antietam?

200

Which side’s strategy was called the Anaconda Plan?

What is the Union?

200

Who was the main Confederate general?

Who is Robert E. Lee? 

200

What city’s fall in 1864 helped Lincoln win re-election?

What is Atlanta?

200

Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

What is Appomattox Court House?

300

Which battle was considered the turning point of the war?

What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

300

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

What is Richmond, Virginia?

300

Who led the Union army to victory and later became president?


Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

300

After what battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

What is the Battle of Antietam?

300

Which amendment abolished slavery?

What is the 13th Amendment?

400

This siege gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

What is the Siege of Vicksburg?

400

What color uniforms did Confederate soldiers wear?

What is gray?

400

This Union general led the “March to the Sea.

Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?

400

What address, given in 1863, redefined the war’s purpose

What is the Gettysburg Address?

400

Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?


Who is John Wilkes Booth?

500

In which battle did "Stonewall" Jackson earn his nickname?

What is the First Battle of Bull Run?

500

What was the name of the Confederacy’s ironclad warship?

What is the CSS Virginia (or Merrimack)?

500

This Confederate general was accidentally shot by his own men.

Who is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?

500

What campaign destroyed Southern infrastructure and morale in late 1864?

What is Sherman’s March to the Sea?

500

What period followed the Civil War aimed at rebuilding the South?

What is Reconstruction?