Civil War Part I

Question 1

Who raided a federal armory in Harper's Ferry (VA) and planned to march south to free slaves?

Accepted Answer

John Brown

Question 2

What year did the Civil War begin?

Accepted Answer

1861

Question 3

About how many lives were lost in the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

600,000

Question 4

What fort did Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard fire on to start the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 5

"Slaves of any state...in rebellion...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"

Accepted Answer

Emancipation Proclamation

Question 6

Where did the Civil War start?

Accepted Answer

Charleston

Question 7

"Fourscore and seven years ago..."

Accepted Answer

Gettysburg Address

Question 8

What were the northern states called?

Accepted Answer

The Union

Question 9

What were the southern states called?

Accepted Answer

The Confederacy

Question 10

What were The Monitor and The Virginia?

Accepted Answer

Ironclad warships

Question 11

What was the Anaconda Plan?

Accepted Answer

The military strategy for the Union

Question 12

What was the South's main source of income?

Accepted Answer

cotton

Question 13

When did the Confederate army surrender?

Accepted Answer

1865

Question 14

Who was elected President of the United States in 1860?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 15

What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write about slavery?

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 16

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 17

Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 18

Who formed groups to help the Union soldiers that later became the Red Cross?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 19

Which killed more men in the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

disease

Question 20

Who was President of the Confederacy?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Questions 20