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100

Confederate States of America

What is the name of the newly formed part of the nation that the southern states created?

100

Abraham Lincoln

Who was the 16th President of the United States?

100

George McClellan

Who was a Union general as well as the man who ran against Abraham Lincoln in 1864?

100

Declaration of Independence

What document did Lincoln use for both his Emancipation Proclamation and his Gettysburg Address?

100

Anaconda Plan

What was the three step plan that the Union wanted to complete to win the war?

200

Robert E. Lee

What is the name of the Confederate's main general?
200

General William Tecumseh Sherman

Whose March to the Sea and pillage of the South helped the Union to fully take the South? 

200

U. S. Grant

Who was the Union general?

200

Ironclad ships, photography, the telegraph and railroads

What are the four technologies first used in the Civil War?

200

Total War

What was Grant's philosophy on war and an example of Sherman's March?

300

Jefferson Davis

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

300

Members of The 54th Massachusetts?

Who were African Americans born into freedom in the North and freed slaves from the South?

300

Copperheads

Who were the Northern Democrats that just wanted the war to end with no concern about slavery and the Union?

300

Chang and Eng Bunker

Who were the conjoined twins who could not go to war because only one of them was drafted?

300

A score

What is 20 years?

400

Richmond, Virginia

What was the capital of the CSA?

400

The 54th Massachusetts

What is the African American regiment that was known for its bravery and willingness to fight?

400

Wilmer McLean

In whose home did the Civil War start and end?

400

Habeus Corpus

What guarantees an arrested person the right to appear in front of a judge to determine if he/she should be detained?

400

Appomattox Court House, VA

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

500

Vicksburg, Mississippi

What is the city that the Union conquered to fully control the Mississippi River?

500

Ft. Wagner

What is the battle that The 54th Mass. fought in and demonstrated their willingness to fight?

500

General George Pickett

Whose "charge" enabled the Union to win at the Battle of Gettysburg? Whose big mistake ordered by Robert E. Lee allowed the Union to win?

500

Monitor and Merrimac

What were the ironclad warships used in the Civil War?

500

A lion's head sword

What did Lee carry and plan to give to Grant at the surrender of the South to the North?

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