If you lived during the Civil War

What was the Civil War?

What does “secession” mean?

Why did the war happen?

Who was president of the United States?

When did the war start, and where?

Who was General Robert E. Lee?

Who was General Ulysses S. Grant?

What was life like for Civil War soldiers?

How did soldiers travel from place to place?

Did women fight in the Civil War?

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

Did Abraham Lincoln own enslaved people?

Were enslaved people allowed to be soldiers?

Were battles fought in the West?

How were Indigenous peoples involved in the war?

How did people communicate during the war?

What happened to the families and children left behind by soldiers?

What cities were most affected during the war?

Was the first submarine really invented during the Civil War?

Were some battles more important than others?

How did the war end?

How did Abraham Lincoln die? Who became the next president?

What happened to formerly enslaved people after the war ended?

What happened to the country after the war?