Civil War People Civil War Terms Bloody Battles Which Side Are You On? Potluck
Who was the well-known actor that assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who was the superb trainer of men and was replaced by General Ambrose Burnside?
George McClellan
Who was the general who helped the Confederates with the First Battle of Bull Run?
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Who was bought in Missouri by an Army doctor in the 1830s? The doctor moved to a free state, then back to Missouri. I sued for my freedom.
Dred Scott
Who was an abolitionist who founded the Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
What term is defined as “a machine that cleans seeds from cotton”?
Cotton Gin
What term can be defined as “the freeing of enslaved persons”?
Emancipation
What is it called to withdraw from a large political body?
Secede
What were the laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights?
Slave Codes
This event occurred in 1854 and repealed the ban on slavery north of the Missouri Compromise line
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Which battle was known as the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Which battle had hundreds of picnickers watching the battle?
First Battle of Bull Run
Where did the attack take place that started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Which battle is known as the bloodiest single day of fighting in the entire war?
Antietam
Which battle saw Ulysses S. Grant lead the Union to victory here, costing the Union 13,000 casualties?
Battle of Shiloh
Was Pennsylvania a Union state or a Confederate state?
Union
Was Tennessee a Union state or Confederate state?
Confederate
Which state wasn’t a Confederate state: North Carolina, Kansas, Arkansas, or Tennessee?
Kansas
Which state wasn’t a Border state: Missouri, New Jersey, Kentucky, or Delaware?
New Jersey
What are the 2 Confederate states which start with an A and the 2 Confederate states which start with a T? You need all 4!
Arkansas Alabama Tennessee Texas
Where was the Confederate capital?
Richmond
Where did the surrender occur?
Appomattox Court House
What city did Sherman capture in September 1864?
Atlanta
What siege occurred in Mississippi?
Vicksburg
Which state was organized in 1863 and sided with the Union?
West Virginia