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Civil War

People

Question: He issued the emancipation proclamation.
Answer: Who was Abraham Lincoln

Question: He surrendered in the front parlor of the Wilmer McLean house at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
Answer: Who was Robert E. Lee

Question: This famous Southern General, who was born in Clarksburg West Virginia, got his nickname for being tough at the First Battle of Bull Run.
Answer: Who was Stonewall Jackson?

Question: Famous abolitionists that lead the raid on Harper's Ferry Arsenal.
Answer: Who is John Brown

Question: Commander in chief of the Union armies in the latter part of the war
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Battles

Question: The first shots of the Civil War were fired on this brick fortress in South Carolina.
Answer: What is Fort Sumter?

Question: This small town in Pennsylvania was the site of the largest battle ever fought in North America.
Answer: What is Gettysburg?

Question: The Bloodiest One Day Battle in American History.
Answer: What is the Battle of Antietam?

Question: This two day battle in Tennesee produced more than 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in American history at its time.
Answer: What is the Battle of Shiloh?

Question: At this battle in 1862, the line of Confederate trenches extended the distance of 7 miles.
Answer: What is the battle of Fredericksburg?

The North

Question: This Union general became the 18th president of the United States.
Answer: Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

Question: Supporters of the union cause, or soldiers in the Union Army.
Answer: What are federals?

Question: Color of Union soldiers' uniforms.
Answer: What is blue?

Question: Name for a Northerner who traveled through the South after the war, Seeking political or financial gain.
Answer: What is a carpetbagger?

Question: A supporter of outlawing, or abolishing, slavery.
Answer: What is an abolitionist?

The South

Question: This Southern city was the starting point of Sherman's "March to the Sea."
Answer: What is Atlanta?

Question: The only president of the Confederacy.
Answer: Who was Jefferson Davis?

Question: Home of the Confederate White House.
Answer: What is Atlanta?

Question: Name chosen by the Southern states for their new nation and government.
Answer: What is the Confederate States of America?

Question: Vice President of the Confederacy
Answer: Who is Alexander Stephens?

Pink and Say

Question: This mahogany boy found Say on the ground with a bullet wound.
Answer: Who is Pinkus Alyee?

Question: Pink's mother.
Answer: Who is Moe Moe Bay?

Question: Moe Moe Bay's killers.
Answer: Who are Confederates?

Question: He was hanged while in prison.
Answer: Who is Pink?

Question: When Pink and Say are captured, they are sent to this prison.
Answer: What is Andersonville?