Civil War Scavenger Hunt

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37 possible GeoBills

1.) What was West Virginia’s original name? (2 points)

2.) What was the first state to secede from the Union? (2 points)

3.) The Union victory at Antietam paved the way for what historical event? (3 points)

4.) Find three places that were captured by General Ulysses S. Grant. (3 points)

5.) How many soldiers fought at the Battle of Gettysburg? (2 points)

6.) What Confederate cities were destroyed in Sherman’s March to the Sea? (3 points)

7.) Where did Robert E. Lee formally surrender the Confederate Army? (3 points)

8.) What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? (3 points)

9.) Why was the capture of the Mississippi River an important priority to President Lincoln? (3 points)

10.) What did Kansas come to be known as in the 1850’s? (3 points)

11.) What state was the site of the most Civil War battles? (3 points)

12.) Where did the U.S.S. Monitor and C.S.S. Virginia first battle? (3 points)

13.) What was the largest city in the Confederacy? (4 points)