The Abolitionist Movement & The Civil War

Who assassinated President Lincoln?

On April 12, 1861 the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter, which is located in what state?

Which of the following was NOT a "slave" state

True or False:  Lincoln died the same day he was shot.

True or False:  The Emancipation Proclamation officially set slaves free

After Lincoln's election, what state was the first to secede from the Union?

In 1860, Lincoln won the presidency, running as a member of what party?

Approximately how many TOTAL soldiers died in the Civil War?

True or False:  Lincoln expected to lose the election of 1864.

For the election of 1864, Lincoln dropped Hannibal Hamlin and added ______________ as his VP.

At the beginning of the war, Lincoln selected ___________________ to command the Union Army.

In which town did Lee surrender to Grant?

True or False: Lincoln supported the Wade-Davis Bill

True or False:  After his army was surrounded in Atlanta, Lee surrendered to Grant.

President Lincoln called for _____% of former slave owners to swear allegiance to the Union

In which year did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

Jefferson Davis was a former US Senator from which state?

William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper was titled

Southerners who were sympathetic to the Northern cause after the war were called...

On which date was President Lincoln assassinated?

Prior to the Civil War, which side had better trained military personnel? The North or South?

Bleeding ____________ was a nickname given because of the violence that broke out in this state

Andrew Johnson, the new Vice President, was from what state?

John Brown and his followers were captured and hung in ________________

Which is NOT true of the Compromise of 1850?

Northerners were upset when finding out about the Andersonville prison.  What state was it in?

In the 250 years that slavery was legal, roughly how many people were enslaved?

The bloodiest single-day battle in American history was the 

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln lost an Illinois Senate race to _____________________.

The Civil War lasted approximately how many years?

Which of the following is NOT true of the book, Uncle Tom's Cabin?

What play was President Lincoln attending the evening he was assassinated?

A "score" is equal to how many years?

On his famous "march to the sea" General Sherman and his troops burned most of what city?

In addition to assassinating Lincoln, the conspirators also sought to kill VP Johnson and who?

In 1857, _______________ famously sued for his freedom, only to be denied at the Supreme Court

______________________, was selected to be the first (and only) president of the Confederacy.

In 1860, what percentage of the popular vote did Lincoln get?

Who did the Democrats nominate to run against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

In 1831, _________________ led a slave revolt in Southampton, VA resulting in 60 deaths.

What political party did Andrew Johnson belong to?

Since a score is equal to 20 years, in which year did Lincoln make the Gettysburg Address?

Which battled ended both sides' hopes for a short war?

True or False:  There were more casualties in the Civil War than all other US wars combined?

What did John Wilkes Booth yell after shooting Lincoln?

In that 1860 campaign, Lincoln selected ____________________ to be his vice-president.

Northerners who went South to take advantage of poor conditions following the war were called

True or False:  More soldiers died of disease than from bullet wounds

Which of the following states was a "free" state?

Southerners refer to the Battle of Bull Run as the