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Who's Who in the American Civil War?
Who's Who in the American Civil War?
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Most important men and women of the American Civil War
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1
The Civil War was about Slavery, but what else?
The South's Way of life
Cotton Industry
States Rights
Trade with Europe
2
What is the lowest rank in the army?
General
Colonel
Corporal
Private
3
Sherman was a hero to the North and a villain to the South because of
Gettysburg
Second Manassas
March to the Sea
Shiloh
4
This man led a famous, but deadly charge during the battle of Gettysburg.
General Pickett
General McClellan
General Beauregard
General Meade
5
This battle lasted 3 days, was a Union victory and was a turning point in the Civil War.
Appomattox Courthouse
Seven Days
Shiloh
Gettysburg
6
Gettysburg had about how many casualties?
5,000,000
50,000
500
5,000
7
This battle was a Union victory after Grant laid siege to the town. It split the South in half.
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Chancellorsville
Anaconda Plan
8
This woman was the most famous Confederate spy.
Harriet Tubman
Mary Edwards Walker
Dorothea Dix
Belle Boyd
9
Photographs had which of the following effects on the public (choose 1)
Were used to warn soldiers trying to enlist
Allowed Soldiers to send home photographs
Showed how deadly war was
Helped the "heroic" stereotpye
10
This man was THE famous general of the Confederacy. Was well respected by all.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
George Pickett
J.E.B. Stuart
11
This was the first real battle. Spectators even came to watch.
Seven Days
Shiloh
First Bull Run
Second Manassas
12
This battle was fought on basically the same ground as the first. Was another Southern victory.
Second Bull Run
Second Shiloh
Second Antietam
Second Manassas
13
This female, nicknamed the "Angel of the Battlefield," formed the beginning of the Red Cross
Belle Boyd
Louisa May Alcott
Dorothea Dix
Clara Barton
14
This general was a hero in the North, and detested for his "March to the Sea" through Georgia.
Ulysses S. Grant
P.G.T. Beauregard
Stonewall Jackson
Tecumseh Sherman
15
A ______________ is the biggest unit of an army.
Division
Regiment
Brigade
Corps
16
This Union General became famous for Antietam, and Fredericksburg, as well as his facial hair!
George Pickett
PGT Beauregard
Ambrose Burnside
Stonewall Jackson
17
Civil War technology included all of the following EXCEPT
Torpedos
Photographs
Wireless telegraphs
Telescopic Sight
18
Why were Confederate soldiers making the same amount of money after they got a "raise"?
South had to pay their own rations
Soldiers had to pay for supplies
South's economy was ruined; inflation
South had to pay for the war
19
Civil War Nurses...
All of the above
Wrote/read letters
Assisted Doctors/Surgens
Gave medicine
20
This man became the first... and only... President of the Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Jeffry Davidson
Jefferson Davis
David Jefferson
21
Civil War Spies used all the following EXCEPT
Ciphers
Drones
Invisible ink
Air baloons
22
This was the first battle of the war, even there were no casualties.
Fort Donaldson
Shiloh
Antietam
Fort Sumter
23
This man was President of the Union (United States) during the entire Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
24
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves...
EVERYWHERE
Only in states that were in rebellion
Only to be used as soldiers
None of the above
25
This man was the highest ranking Union General at the end of the war.
Stonewall Jackson
Tecumseh Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
26
Most of the battles in the Civil War took place
In the Deep South
In the North
Around Virgina
As naval battles
27
This man,the first big general of the Union, was demoted for failing to engage his troops.
George Gordon Meade
J.E.B. Stuart
George McClellan
Robert Gould Shaw
28
Most soldiers died from
Pink Eye
Disease
Battlefield wounds
Amputations
29
This general won his nickname at the first Battle of Bull Run, when his troops didn't break.
"Stalwart" Jackson
"Steadfast" Jackson
"Steamboat" Jackson
"Stonewall" Jackson
30
This woman aka "Moses" ended up being a Union spy during the war.
Harriet Tubman
Mary Edwards Walker
Belle Boyd
Mary Chesnut
31
This battle was named for the dense terrain they fought through.
Vicksburg
First Bull Run
Sherman's March
The Wilderness
32
Casualties in the Civil War means:
Killed
Captured/Missing
All of the above
Wounded
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This man was the Union commander at Gettysburg
General Pickett
General Sherman
General Meade
General Lee