Civil War

This was the bloodiest day of the Civil War.

Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

Which man escaped slavery, gave speeches, and wrote a newspaper called The North Star?

Who did Lincoln run against in his first presidential election?

The state that only exists because part of an existing state didn’t want to secede.

Which man was a violent white abolitionist?

Which act allowed California to join the US as a free state?

What was the reason that muskets became incredibly accurate and powerful?

Which former slave became an abolitionist, writer, and women’s rights advocate?

The president of the Confederate States of America.

Which law required anyone who found a runaway slave to turn the slave in or be arrested?

Who was the President of the United States when South Carolina seceded?

The general that led the Total War campaign across the south that ended in Savannah, Georgia.

The general that Lincoln fired. Then he ran against Lincoln in 1864.

The confederates attacked this island and started the war.

US Grant laid siege to this town for 6 weeks until July 4, 1863..

Which abolitionist edited a newspaper called The Liberator?

Which act allowed Maine to join the US as a free state?

It was the bloodiest battle of the entire war and a turning point for the North.

Who was the great compromiser that wrote the Missouri Compromise?

What invention caused the need for slaves to increase in the south?

This was a new southern ship called an ironclad.

Which man was a slave that led a violent revolt?

What announcement freed the slaves in the rebelling states?

The top Confederate general for the entire Civil War.

The general that proved himself at the Battle of Shiloh and earned a promotion.

Which supreme court decision said that slaves were property and could not be free?

Which law revoked the Missouri Compromise by allowing western territories to vote on slavery?

General Lee surrendered here.

Which former slave risked her life by repeatedly helping other slaves to escape?