Civil War Scavenger Hunt
Use the following websites to answer the questions that will complete our Civil War Scavenger Hunt:
https://www.history.com/news/6-generals-who-fought-against-their-home-state-in-the-civil-war
https://www.soldierswalkmemorialpark.com/mexican-american-war.html
https://www.westpoint.edu/
https://www.biography.com/people/groups/civil-war-figures
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/pennsylvania/gettysburg_national_cemetery.html
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/who-were-ten-most-important-generals-american-civil-war-149896
Answer the questions below in a Google Doc. Submit the Google Doc to our Google Classroom. You do NOT need to answer in complete sentences.
1.Which naval leader fought against his home state of Tennessee during the Civil War?
2.Name one Union and one Confederate general who fought in the Mexican-American War.
3.Name three Civil War generals from either side who graduated from the West Point Military Academy.
4.Which general never received a demerit in all his time as a cadet at West Point?
5.Which general famously said of his friend Ulysses S. Grant, “Grant stood by me when I was crazy. And I stood by him when he was drunk. And now, we stand together.”?
6.Which general won the Battle of Fort Donelson for the Union?
7.Which Union general ran unsuccessfully for president against Abraham Lincoln in 1864?
8.Which Union general and Mexican-American War veteran was nicknamed “Old Fuss ‘n Feathers”?
9.Which Confederate general led a charge against the Union’s center at Gettysburg that resulted in a devastating loss of lives for his own army?
10.Which Union general defeated Lee’s Army of Virginia at Gettysburg?