This proclamation was issued after the battle of Antietam.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
100
Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it.
What is blockade
200
general who led the most successful Union army.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The first land battle of the Civil War.
What is the first battle of Bull Run/Manassas?
200
President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina?
300
A military term for a person wounded, killed, or missing in action.
What are casualties
300
The most successful general for the South.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
300
Battle in which George McClellan found Robert E. Lee's battle plans. Also know as the single bloodiest battle in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam Creek.
300
True or False: All slaves were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is False?
300
Arguably the main cause of the Civil War. The issue is clearly defined with the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is slavery?
400
Warships covered with protective plates.
What is an ironclad?
400
Union general in charge at the battle of Gettysburg
Who is George Meade?
400
The most studied battle of the Civil War that lasted three days.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
400
The date in which the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted.
What is January 1, 1863?
400
The idea that people in a territory or state vote directly on issues such as slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?
500
A rule in which the military is in charge and citizen's rights are suspended.
What is martial law?
500
Believed in the concept of "total war" which he exemplified in his march from Atlanta to Georgia's Atlantic coast.
What is William Tecumseh Sherman?
500
More troops were present at this battle than any other. Poor coordination by the Union combined with strong defensive positions by the Confederates led to a slaughter of Union forces.
What is the battle of Fredericksburg?
500
The number of African Americans that fought for the Union during the Civil War.
What is 200,000
500
Supreme Court case that ruled slaves are considered to be property.