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The Civil War!

People

Question: This person was the president of the United States during the Civil War.
Answer: Abraham Lincoln

Question: This group of people was not allowed to join the military at first, mostly out of fear they might rebel.
Answer: Slaves

Question: This person became the leader of the northern military, and later the president of the United States.
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

Question: This person refused Lincoln's offer to lead the northern military and instead led the southern military.
Answer: Robert E. Lee

Question: This person was elected president in the south at the start of the war (even though Lincoln said he wasn't really president).
Answer: Jefferson Davis

Places

Question: In which state did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Answer: Pennsylvania

Question: After the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, where did slaves need to escape to in order to be really free?
Answer: Canada

Question: In which state did the Battle of Bull Run take place?
Answer: Virginia

Question: This is the state where the first shots of the war were fired. (+50 points if you can name the fort!)
Answer: Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Question: In which state was the first military cemetary created?
Answer: Pennsylvania

Things

Question: This is the name of the tool used to perform amputations.
Answer: Bone Saw

Question: This device allowed Lincoln to quickly communicate with his troops.
Answer: The telegraph

Question: This was the name of the weapon that rolled on large wheels. It was the first type of machine gun.
Answer: The Gatling Gun

Question: This is the name of the chemical that nurses began to use half way through the war to prevent infection in wounded soldiers.
Answer: Bromine

Question: The power of this bullet caused extreme injuries unlike the simple musket ball. It could shatter bones, which led to many amputations.
Answer: Minie Ball

Details

Question: When was the Civil War?
Answer: 1861-1865

Question: This is the other name for the north.
Answer: The Union

Question: This is the other name for the South.
Answer: The Confederacy

Question: What is the name of the Lincoln's famous speech that was delivered after a major battle?
Answer: The Gettysburg Address

Question: This compromise, created in 1820, balanced free and slave states and drew a line through the middle of the country to divide free and slave territories. This act helped push the country into the Civil War.
Answer: The Missouri Compromise

Leftovers

Question: This woman was nicknamed the Moses of Her People for escaping from slavery and returning to help hundreds more to do the same.
Answer: Harriet Tubman

Question: This woman changed the way medical care was given to injured soldiers as a battlefield nurse.
Answer: Clara Barton

Question: This is the name of the simple cracker kind of food that soldiers often ate because it was quick and cheap.
Answer: Hardtack

Question: This is the name of the extreme bacterial infection caused by a lack of oxygen that wounded soldiers could develop in their limbs.
Answer: Gangrene

Question: This is the man who led a march to destroy the southern infrastructure, which most importantly meant destroying the train tracks to prevent supplies and troops from being transported.
Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman