This famous Civil War battle, which took place in central Pennsylvania in July of 1863, had the highest death count of all the battles in the war.
What is the battle of Gettysburg.
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This president took the nation into the Civil War in 1860 in effort to keep the country together and abolish slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln.
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The Civil War started in April of this year.
What is 1861.
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This famous escaped slave woman guided runaway slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman.
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In his Gettysburg Address, President Lincoln began with this phrase.
What is "Fourscore and seven years ago"
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The second bloodiest battle in the Civil War, it resulted in the death of 34,624 soldiers and took place in Georgia.
What is the battle of Chickamauga.
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This famous general surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who is Robert E. Lee.
200
The Civil War ended in the spring of this year.
What is 1865.
200
This proclamation, by Abraham Lincoln, freed all the slaves in confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
200
This famous Civil War era songs begins "Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie Land".
What is "Dixie"
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This battle was considered one of General Lee's greatest victories, but was also the battle where another famous Confederate General, Stonewall Jackson, was killed.
What is the battle of Chancellorsville.
300
This famous Confederate was accidentally killed by friendly fire during the battle of Chancellorsville.
Who is Andrew Jackson.
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On this date, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is September 22, 1862.
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This fiery abolitionist raided an arsenal at Harper's ferry in Virginia in an effort to arm slaves and start a slave uprising, but was captured and executed.
Who is John Brown.
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This famous Confederate general said "It is well that war is so terrible, else we should grow too fond of it."
Who is Robert E. Lee.
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This battle had an inconclusive ending, without a clear victory for either the Union or Confederate armies, but forced the Confederate army back over the Potomac river. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation a few days afterward.
What is the battle of Antietam.
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This man served as the one and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis.
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This was the bloodiest day in US military history, occurring on the Antietam battlefield.
What is September 17, 1862.
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This great orator and passionate abolitionist was recognized as one of the first great black speakers, and served as an adviser to President Lincoln.
Who is Frederick Douglass.
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At his execution, this abolitionist said "I.... am quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done."
Who is John Brown.
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In this battle, which was a resounding Union victory, General Ulysses Grant earned his nickname "Unconditional Surrender."
What is the battle of Fort Donelson.
500
This nurse was sixty years old at the start of the Civil war, but was made the head of the Northern medical facilities.
Who is Dorthea Dix.
500
On this date the thirteenth amendment, which gave constitutional freedom to slaves, was approved by the US Congress.
What is January 31, 1865.
500
In this year, long before the American Civil War, the US banned the practice of bringing new Africans to the States as slaves.
What is 1808.
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This famous Union general said "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."