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100
This is a word for a person who wants to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
100
He is the 16th President of the United States and his election is one of the causes of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
This April, 1861 attack marked the beginning of the Civil War. 
What is the attack on Fort Sumter? 
100

In his Gettysburg Address, this person said, "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."

Who is President Abraham Lincoln? 
100
Someone suffering from a bullet wound to the leg might endure this common medical procedure. 
What is amputation?
200
She helped free hundreds of slaves on the Underground Railroad. 
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
He gave up his position in the United States military to lead the Confederate Army. 
Who is Robert E. Lee? 
200
This battle had one of the bloodiest days in American history with roughly 23,000 casualties in all.  
What is Antietam? 
200

This leader and future president said, "The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on." He also said, "The war is over, the Rebels are our countrymen again."

Who is General Ulysses S. Grant? 
200
This nurse treated soldiers on both sides of the war and later created the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton? 
300
He helped persuade Lincoln to pass the Emancipation Proclamation and gave many speeches against slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
The leader of the Union Army, his win at Vicksburg helped turn the tide of the war. 
Who is Ulysses S. Grant? 
300
The deadliest battle of the Civil War overall, with more than 50,000 casualties, this fight was a major loss for Lee. 
What is Gettysburg? 
300

This person sent a telegram in 1854 reading, "I can make this march, and I will make Georgia howl!" 

Who is General Sherman? 
300
Confederate soldiers sometimes had to search for supplies their army could not provide, including these objects necessary for marching. 
What are shoes? 
400
This 1863 document ended slavery--but only in Confederate states. 
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
After burning Atlanta to the ground, this general led a devastating and destructive march to the sea. 
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman? 
400
This person led his troops to victory at Vicksburg in 1863, helping the Union gain control of the Mississippi River. 
Who is General Grant? 
400

Frederick Douglass said of this Civil War spy and nurse, "The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism. Excepting John Brown — of sacred memory — I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you have."

Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
Surgeons, doctors, and nurses did not know about these disease-spreading organisms. 
What are germs? 
500
A former slave, her "Ain't I a Woman?" speech argued for women's equality across races. She was a passionate advocate for equal rights. 
Who is Sojourner Truth? 
500
This leader earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861--he would not easily fall. 
Who is "Stonewall" Jackson? 
500
This is where Lee finally surrendered to Grant in 1865.  
What is Appomattox Court House? 
500

This president once remarked, "We recognize the negro as ...our inferior, fitted expressly for servitude." Years later, he said, "The past is dead; let it bury its dead. Let me beseech you to lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling."

Who is Jefferson Davis?
500
This was the most common illness for Civil War soldiers. 
What is dysentery? 
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