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Confederate General and leader of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Who is Robert E. Lee?

100

This was the first major battle in the Civil War and had an observer picnic at the cite.

What was the Battle of Bull Run?

100

Define conscription.

What is a military draft?

100

The role of the Mississippi River in the war.

What was transport for supplies?

100

The rights given by the 14th Amendment

What is the rights of citizenship when born in the U.S.?

200

Union General and future President of the United States.

Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

200

This was the final battle of the Civil War.

What was the Battle (surrender) at Appomattox courthouse? 

200
The rights given by the 15th amendment

What was the right to vote, regardless of race?

200

The person who, motive for, and approximately when Lincoln was assassinated.

Who is John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, 5 days after the war ended?

200

The capital of the Confederacy.

What was Richmond, Virginia?

300

President of the Confederacy.

Who is Jefferson Davis?

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This battle had the single deadliest day in U.S. history.

What was the Battle of Antietam? 

300

Define border states

What were Union states that still had slavery?

300

Cite at least two specific examples of how Black civilians participated in the war effort

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300

The name of the Union war strategy.

What was the anaconda plan?

400

Union General, leader of the Army of the Potomac, and Presidential candidate in 1864.

Who is George McClellan?

400

This battle (Union victory) in Tennessee was the deadliest battle in U.S. history when it took place in 1862. 

What was the Battle of Shiloh?

400

Define total war

What is when ALL resources go towards winning a war and essentially nothing is off limits? 

400

Cite at least two specific examples of how women participated in the war effort

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400

The approximate areas of the Eastern and Western theaters.

Where was the capitals (Easter) and the Mississippi River (Western)?

500

Union General known for leading a battle campaign from Atlanta to Savannah.

Who is William Sherman?

500

This battle, had it been won by the Union, likely would have lead to a Confederate defeat in the war. This battle took place in 1862.

What was the Battle of Fredericksburg?

500

Define copperheads

Who are people in the north who were anti-war and wanted a peaceful solution?

500

The connection between the Emancipation Proclamation and the Battle of Antietam.

What was Lincoln waiting for a major Union battle victory before the Emancipation Proclamation in order to display confidence? 

500
The military strategy where you cut you opponent off from supplies for an extended period of time.

What is a siege?

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