Important People of the CW Era
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Mo Pleasure
100
He and his brothers "stole" a ship in Charleston Harbor and sailed it to freedom.
Who is Robert Smalls?
100
This amendment was ratified in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
This Battle is the one that caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
100
What is the name of Dr. Hill's friend who won an Oscar for sound direction in "Glory"?
Who is Russell Williams?
100
He was born in this state.
What is Connecticut?
200
She carried several hundred people to safety using the Underground Railroad System.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
This amendment was ratified in 1870.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
This site was the venue for two battles the Union army lost.
What is Bull Run/Manassas?
200
Which General "gave" the City of Savannah, GA, to Pres. Lincoln?
Who is Gen. William T. Sherman?
200
He is presently the music director for which performer?
Who is Bette Midler?
300

He was an ardent abolitionist who started the newspaper, The Liberator.

Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
300
This Amendment was ratified in 1868.
What is the 14th Amendment?
300
This battle was fought between July 1 and July 3, 1863.
What is Gettysburg?
300
This Connecticut author is sometimes credited with starting the Civil War because of her book describing the lives of enslaved African Americans.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
300
She is his "favorite" sister.
Who is Dr. Hill?
400
He and a group of former Confederate Soldiers started the Ku Klux Klan in 1867.
Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
400
This amendment granted suffrage to Black males.
What is the 15th Amendment?
400
This general launched a counter-attack allowing the Union to win this battle.
What is Shiloh?
400
Gen. Lee surrendered to General Grant at this location.
What is Appomattox Court House?
400
He played guitar on stage with him during the assembly.
Who is John Carlo Letizia?
500
Instead of living in a "Republican run country", he committed suicide at the end of the Civil War.
Who is Edmund Ruffin?
500
This amendment granted citizenship to all except for this part of the population?
Who are Native Americans/Indians?
500
He led the infamous "massacre" at Ft. Pillow, MS.
Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
500
Thaddeus Stevens, Benjamin Wade and Charles Sumner were members of which faction of the Republican Party?
What are Radical Republicans?
500
He graduated from this university.
What is UCONN (University of Connecticut)?
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