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Top Confederate general; surrendered at Appomattox Court House
Who is Robert E. Lee
100
The first shots of the war
What is Fort Sumter
100
Union control of this city gave access to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
What is New Orleans
100
In staying with the Union, this slave state gave control of part of the Mississippi River to the north
What is Missouri
100
Lincoln's primary goal in the war was to
What is keep the country together
200
Destroyed everything in his path in the "march to the sea" through Georgia
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman
200
The first major military engagement of the war; people from Washington DC came out to watch
What is Bull Run
200
The two ironclad ships
What is the Monitor and the Merrimack
200
In staying with the Union, Kentucky allowed the north to retain complete control of what river
What is the Ohio
200
2-minute speech Lincoln gave honoring the fallen soldiers of the battle
What is the Gettysburg Address
300
Successful Union General in the West; took command of the army in the east and forced the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
McClellan was defeated by Lee as he tried to take Richmond. This campaign was known as the ___________ Campaign
What is the Peninsular
300
This fort was attacked by the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
What is Fort Wagner
300
What Virginia city was the capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond
300
The law declaring slavery illegal in most states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
The first Union general to command the army of the east; very slow to move, didn't want to rush his troops into combat
Who is George B. McClellan
400
This battle lasted three days and ended in a Union victory after the Confederates costly "Pickett's Charge."
What is Gettysburg
400
The victorious siege of this city in Mississippi gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg
400
In what state was Appomattox Court House, the site of the Confederate surrender
What is Virginia
400
The name of the Union's War plan
What is the Anaconda Plan
500
Shot and killed by his own troops
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
500
The deadliest day is U.S. military history; engagements in the cornfield and the sunken road.
What is Antietam
500
The other name for the battle at Antietam
What is Sharpsburg
500
What state was important for the Union to keep, to ensure that Washington DC would not be surrounded
What is Maryland
500
Who was the president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
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