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Abrhama Lincoln
100
What battle was the turning point in the Civil War?
Gettysburg
100
Name two Confederate advantages during WWII..
home-turf, lots of land, cotton supply, foreign trade, good fighters, fought for a way of life, etc.
100
Who was leading the Union army at the conclusion of the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
100
What city was the Confederate capital in? What statecity was the Union capital in?
Richmond, VA; Washington D.C.
100
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
200
What battle was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War?
Battle of Antietam
200
Name two Union advantages during the Civil War..
Industries, railroads, telegrams, weaponry, navy, Anaconda Plan, more men, etc.
200
Gettysburg was a decisive battle during the Civil War.
Name the two commanders who fought...
200
Who was the president of the Confederate states?
Jefferson Davis
200
What amendment did Lincoln push through Congress that abolished slavery?
13th
300
The fall of this city led to Abraham Lincoln being re-elected...
Fall of Atlanta
300
William Sherman is famous for his "March to the _____"
Sea.....(cut devestation from Atlanta to Savannah)
300
Name the border states that Lincoln did not want to lose to the South...
Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland
300
Who was elected president in 1860? 1864?
Abraham Lincoln
300
What three amendments are known as the Civil War amendments?
13th, 14th and 15th
400
This was the location of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant...
Appomattox Courthouse
400
Who led the Confederate Armies in Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
400
What person led a raid on Harpers' Ferry that was caught by Robert E. Lee's regiment before the Civil War?
John Brown
400
Who was president when the first states "seceded" from the Union?
James Buchanan
400
What political party arose in opposition to slavery?
Republican Party
500
What was the first battle of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
500
What state was the first to "secede" from the Union?
South Carolina
500
This person was known as the "Little Giant" and was a major politician in the 1850s...
Stephen Douglas
500
After the Battle of Antietam, Abraham said he would issue what document? What did it say?
Emancipation Proclamation; it freed slaves in the states that were fighting against the North
500
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what famous book that made everyone really mad about slavery?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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