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1. What was the Civil War fought over?
2. Compare and Contrast the north and the south.
3. Explain slavery in the United States. What was the reaction to slavery?
4. Compare and Contrast northern advantages to southern advantages.
5. What were the goals of the north?
6. What were the goals of the south?
7. What were the two political parties? (explain)
8. What was the Confederate capital?
9. What was the Union capital?
10. How far away were they from each other?
11. Compare and Contrast enlisted men to the officers.
12. What were the two most common weapons during the Civil War?
13. Soldiering is what percent boredom and what percent sheer terror?
EC: Who wrote the letter?
To whom was he writing?
14. How did Civil War soldiers battle boredom?
15. What was the number one kill of soldiers during the Civil War?
16. What were the four most common diseases?
17. What were five things that soldiers on both sides suffered from?
18. What clothing items were the soldiers issued? (eight items)
19. How would you tell the difference between the two armies?
20. Who were the commanders at the battle of 1st Bull Run / 1st Manassas?
21. Who won the battle of 1st Bull Run / 1st Manassas?
22. Who replaced Irvin McDowell? Who then replaced ____________?
23. Who were the commanders at the battle of 2nd Bull Run / 2nd Manassas?
24. How far did Jackson travel in 48 hours?
25. Who replaced McClellan?
26. Which battle was the high tide of the Confederacy?
27. Who were the commanders at Antietam / Sharpsburg?
28. Who won the battle of Antietam / Sharpsburg?
29. Who replaced McClellan?
30. Who were the commanders at the battle of Fredericksburg?
31. Who replaced General Burnside?
32. Who were the commanders at Chancellorsville?
33. Who shot Jackson?
34. What two forts were captured on February 6th and February 16th?
35. Who were the commanders at the battle of Vicksburg?
36. How long was Vicksburg under siege?
37. How long did it take to capture the Mississippi?
38. Who were the commanders at the battle of Gettysburg?
39. What were the results of the battle of Gettysburg?
40. Who were the commanders at Appomattox Courthouse?
41. Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Dred?
42. Who collected and distributed supplies to wounded soldiers?
43. Who established the American Red Cross?
44. Who was scorned by southerners as a traitor to her birth?
45. Who was an immigrant from Canada?
46. Who was born in Maryland in 1871?
47. Who drowned because of the weight of gold sewn into her dress?
48. Whose name originally was Araminta Ross?
49. What did women usually wear? (nine items)
50. List ten firsts of the civil war.
51. What was mainly used for sieges and bombardments, not battles?
52. Who invented the Gatling gun?
53. Who produced the world’s first successful submarine? What was it’s name?
54. What was the most common type of anesthetic?
55. What was conscription?
56. Who is the most renowned photographer of the era?
57. How many members of the sharpshooters received the medal of honor?
58. What is the most famous national cemetery?
59. How many men and women were under the age of 21?
60. How many were under the age of 16?
61. How many were under the age of 9?
62. Who went through the most battles and skirmishes? How many did he go through?
63. How old was Winfield Scott at the beginning of the war?
64. Who was sent to Andersonville to construct a prison?
65. How big was it supposed to be? How big was it actually?
66. How many prisoners was it to hold? How many did it actually hold?
67. How long did Andersonville operate?
68. Who was sent to Washington D.C. to face a war crimes trial?
69. Where was Camp Douglas located?
70. How many women and children were found among the prisoners?
71. Who else besides Confederate Prisoners was held at Camp Douglas?
72. Who took command of the prison in May of 1864?
73. What was enacted under Colonel Sweet’s supervision of Chicago and Camp Douglas?
74. How many prisoners died (approximately) at Camp Douglas?
75. What day was Lincoln shot? What play was he watching? Who shot him? What was his profession?
76. When and where was Jefferson Davis captured?
77. Who was probably the most famous boy who served during the Civil War?
78. Who became an officer and retired in 1915 at the rank of Major General?
79. Who was wounded six times and had six horses shot our from under him?
80. Who became a governor after the war?
81. Who was the last Civil War soldier to die from his wounds incurred in the Civil War?
82. Who graduated West Point in 1846?
83. Which Confederate backed Ulysses S. Grant for President in 1868?
84. Who graduated at the top of his class from the US Military Academy in 1854?
85. Who sold Arlington to the US Government for $150,000?
86. Who fought in the campaign against the Mormons?
87. Who spent eight months in Fort Lafayette, New York?
88. Who entered the University of Virginia in 1860?
89. Who married Charlotte Haxel then Juliet Carter?
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