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How many states succeeded from the US after Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address?
What is seven
This author turned U.S. Grants memoirs into a book
Who is Mark Twain
What did Robert Fulton develop that would dramatically change river/sea travel?
What is the steam boat
On December 20, 1860 this state was the first to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
What is Fort Sumter
How many buffalo roamed the Great Plains in 1865?
What is 13 million
Who was the freed slave who became an author and orator who spoke out against slavery?
Who is Fredrick Douglas
What was used to relay instant orders during the Civil War?
What is the telegraph
In 1852 this book written by Harriet Beecher Stow was published and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
This battle showed both the Union and the Confederacy that the war would not be short as both sides had hoped
What is the Battle of Bull Run
How many days initially did Lincoln require for enlistment in the Civil War/
What is 90 days
Name the general Lincoln turned to in order to lead his Eastern army
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
These were developed to connect rivers to each other and other bodies of water.
What are canals?
On July 1st 1863 this battle became the bloodiest and most famous battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle at Gettysburg
What Proclamation did Lincoln issue after the success at the Battle of Antietam?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
Around how many deaths were there in the Civil War?
What is about 620,000
Who created the American Red Cross?
Who is Clara Barton
What was built to connect the East coast and the West Coast?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
This saying became popular and encouraged thousand to venture west
What is "Go west, young man"
In April of 1864 this amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
After the Civil War approximately how many slaves gained freedom by ending 250 years of slavery in North America
What is 4 million.
Who was the Native American who led his tribe against the attack at Little Big Horn and then toured the country with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show?
Who was Sitting Bull
What simple invention threatened the cowboy's way of life?
What is barbed wire
On April 14, 1865, this event happened at Ford's Theater in Washington DC.
What is the assignation of Abraham Lincoln
This city was burned after Sherman took his 60,00 troops on a march to the sea, to break the morale of the South
What is Atlanta Georiga