Two Truths & a Lie- Civil War Edition

Find the lie: The Battle of Bull Run-

• Is also know as the Battle of Manassas

• Was the first battle of the civil war

• Was where the first shots of the Civil War rang out

Find the lie- The Dred Scott decision

• led to enslaved people everywhere being set free

• ended with African Americans being declared as non-citizens

• was given by Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney

Find the lie- The Fugitive Slave Act

• required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state

• allowed free African Americans to be enforced into slavery

• made the federal government responsible for returning escaped enslaved people

Find the lie- Abraham Lincoln was

• President of the Confederate States of America

• was killed in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth

• the 16th President of the United States

Find the lie- the Battle of Gettysburg

• was the turning point of the Civil War

• was the last battle of the Civil War

• was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

Find the lie- General William T. Sherman

• led his men on a March to the Sea

• had his men burn and destroy everything to further hurt the South

• had his men march to Vicksburg, Mississippi

Find the lie- Robert E. Lee

• was asked to fight for the Confederacy and declined

• surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House

• attended West Point Military Academy as was known as a great general

Find the lie- Ulysses S. Grant

• was a Union general during the Civil War

• went on to become President of the United States

• surrendered to Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House

Find the lie- The Battle of Gettysburg

• was the deadliest Battle of the Civil War

• was the turning point of the Civil War

• led to the Emancipation Proclamation being issued

Find the lie- Uncle Tom's Cabin

• exposed the harsh life of free Blacks in the North

• angered many Southerners and feared it might cause slave rebellions

• was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe