Start of the War
Confederate forces attacked this Union base on April 12, 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
This law required that citizens return escaped slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This crop was vital for the Southern economy.
What is cotton?
This major city fell to Sherman.
Lincoln was shot at this theater.
What is Ford's Theatre?
This was the capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This compromise of 1820 created an invisible line that separated free states from slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This Union general led a total war against infrastructure and civilian resources.
Who is Sherman?
This battle at this location halted Lee's advance North and was considered the bloodiest battle in the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
This was Lincoln's vice president, who became president after Lincoln's assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
This state was the first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
This abolitionist led a raid on Harpers Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
This is a naval innovation created by the Confederacy.
What are ironclads?
This battle at this location had the bloodiest single day of fighting and allowed the Emancipation Proclamation, which prevented foreign intervention.
What is Antietam?
This Confederate prison had over 10,000 Union prisoners die.
What is Camp Sumter?/What is Andersonville Prison?
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These four states joined the Confederacy after the attack on Fort Sumter.
What are Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and North Carolina?
This Supreme Court case ruled that enslaved people were property.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This Union General accepted Lee's surrender
Who is Grant?
A major victory at this location split the South in two and gave the Union control of the Mississippi.
What is Vicksburg?
This border state's government split, creating a new Union state in 1863.
What is Virginia?/What is West Virginia?
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These documents outlined and explained the reasons why the Southern states were seceding.
What are the Declarations of Secession?
This book exposed the cruelty of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This Union strategy sought to choke the Confederacy through a naval blockade and control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The surrender at which location effectively ended the war.
What is the Appomattox Court House?
This regiment of Black soldiers became famous for their bravery.
What is the 54th Massachusetts?