Which territory declared its independence and fought a war against Mexico in 1835-36?

What ideology led the United States to imagine a country that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean?

Which river did the United States claim as the southern border of Texas?

This agreement between slave states and free states delayed a civil war by creating strict laws concerning slavery and the creation of new states.

Which abolitionist leader murdered many slave owners in the conflict called "Bleeding Kansas"?

This 1857 Supreme Court Decision angered northern abolitionists and was considered a victory for slaveholders.

This person won the presidential election of 1860.

Which state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860?

How many states eventually seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America?

The first shots of the American Civil War were shot in this harbor on April 12, 1861.

After the Battle of Fort Sumter, President Lincoln called for this many volunteers to put down the rebellion.

These states joined the Confederacy after Lincoln's call for volunteers to put down the rebellion.

Which side had the higher population: The Union or the Confederacy?

Which side produced more food: The Union or the Confederacy?

Which side had more factories: The Union or the Confederacy?

Which side had more miles of railroad: The Union or the Confederacy?

President Lincoln at first gave this reason for fighting the Civil War.

Who was the President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War?

Jefferson Davis gave this reason for the need for the Confederate states to leave the Union.

These states were considered "border states" because they allowed slavery, but did not join the Confederacy.

The Battle of Fort Sumter was a Union or Confederate victory, or a draw?

The first commander of the Union forces was this aged General famous for his leadership in the Mexican War.

Abraham Lincoln offered the role of Commander of all Union forces in 1861 to this man; he declined.

The first large scale battle took place on July 21, 1861 about 25 miles away from Washington City.

This general was given command of the Union field forces in 1861 even though he had never led an army before.

This general, after leading the successful attack on Fort Sumter, was given command of one of the Confederate armies at Manassas,

This general saved the Confederate army at Manassas reaching the battle by train with thousands of troops from the Shenandoah Valley.

Who won the Battle of Bull Run?

This ship was rebuilt after sinking and turned into the first iron sided ship in the Confederate Navy, the C.S.S. Virginia.

John Ericcson built this ship in only 100 days to battle the C.S.S. Virginia.

The C.S.S. Virginia sank these two wooden warships, the Cumberland and the Congress, on March 8, 1862 at the beginning of what battle?

Who won the naval battle between the first two ironclad warships?

In early April, 1862, a Union army led by Ulysses Grant was attacked by General Albert Sydney Johnson at this site in Tennessee.

This General died at the Battle of Shiloh creating difficulties for his army after the battle.

Who was given command of the Union army after McDowell was fired and Winfield Scott retired?

After Joseph Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, this man took over and defeated the Union Army.

The Union fought the Confederacy on the James Peninsula seven times in a week during these battles from June 25th to July 1st, 1862.

After the failure of the Peninsular Campaign, this general replaced George McClellan as the leader of the Union army.

The Union army suffered a second embarrassing defeat here, the same site they had been defeated in 1861, in late August 1862.

Abraham Lincoln returned this general to command of the Union Army as Lee took the Army of Northern Virginia into Maryland.

The Army of Northern Virginia met the Union army of the Potomac in battle near this town on September 17, 1862.

When asked where his division was after a morning of bloody fighting in the Cornfield, this confederate general replied, "Dead on the field."

5,600 soldiers became casualties in three and a half hours during the mid-morning portion of the battle along a sunken road that was renamed

The southern part of the Battle of Antietam took place at the Rohrbach's Bridge, renamed this after 500 men became casualties under Union general Ambrose Burnside.

This general arrived late in the afternoon at the Battle of Antietam with 3,000 men to save the day for the Confederate army.

Abraham Lincoln visited the Antietam Battlefield on October 3rd, 1862 and fired this general from command of the Union army.

Abraham Lincoln issued this document after the Battle of Antietam. It took effect on January 1st, 1863.

The Emancipation Proclamation legally freed this many slaves.

After McClellan was fired for the second time, this general was given command of the Union Army of the Potomac.

Crossing a river and attacking up a hill, the Union army was soundly defeated at his battle on December 13th, 1862

This commanding general resigned his leadership after the Battle of Fredericksburg.

This general was given command of the Union army after Ambrose Burnside was removed in January, 1863.

The Army of the Potomac was decisively defeated again on May 3rd and 4th, 1863 at this battle.

This important Confederate general died during the Battle of Chancellorsville after accidentally being shot by his own men.

This general was reassigned after the Battle of Chancellorsville.

After the Confederacy won the Battle of Chancellorsville, Robert E. Lee decided to invade this state in hopes of ending the war.

This battle started as Confederate general Henry Heth scouted a nearby town for shoes.

In charge of the Union First Division of cavalry, this general led a spirited defense of Gettysburg on the morning of July 1, 1863.

This commander of the First Corps of the Union Army died positioning reinforcements in front of Gettysburg on July 1st.

At the end of the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate Army had driven the Union Army to this area south of the town.

At the start of the second day at the Battle of Gettysburg, this commander of the Union Third Corps moved his men out of position to the Peach Orchard.

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain led this unit in defense of Little Round Top on July 2, 1863.

After attacking both flanks during the first two days of the Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee decided to send the division of this general into the Union center on day 3.

Leading the defense of the Union center, this general calmly rode his horse through a 45 minute artillery barrage saying, "There are times when a corps commander's life does not count."

This general, the best friend of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock, died making the farthest advance during Pickett's Charge on July 3rd.

This general took total blame for the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg saying, "It's all my fault."

This city surrendered on July 4th, 1863 to Ulysses S. Grant opening the Mississippi River to the North.

This general was given command of all Union armies at the beginning of 1864.

The USS Kearsarge sank this Confederate ship off the coast of France on June 19th, 1864.

This regiment, made-up of mostly black freemen and former slaves from Boston, Massachusetts, performed gallantly at this battle on July 18th, 1864.

Forty or so men held of the Union invasion of Texas on September 8th, 1863 at his location.

After saving the Union Army of the Tennessee from destruction, this general earned the nickname "The Rock of Chickamauga".

From May 4th to June 12th, 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia fought battles at The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, North Anna, and Cold Harbor in what would later become known as

A mine filled with 8,000 pound of gunpowder was exploded leaded to the horrific defeat of the Union Army at this place outside of Petersburg, Virginia.

This man yelled, "Damn the torpedoes! Full Speed ahead!" at the Battle of Mobile Bay August 5th, 1864.

This Confederate submarine was the first submersible ship to sink another ship in war.

This Union general captured and the burned the city of Atlanta, Georgia, then marched his army to Savannah, Georgia, burning everything along his way. He wanted to "Make Georgia howl."

This person defeated George McClellan in the presidential election of 1864.

The Army of Northern Virginia finally surrendered at this place, April 9th, 1865.

This man shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day.

This amendment to the Constitution freed all of the slaves.

This amendment to the Constitution gave black men the right to vote and hold office in every state.

About this many casualties were reported during the four years of fighting during the American Civil War.