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100
Elizabeth Blackwell
Who was the first woman to become a professionally licensed doctor in the United States?
100
Fort Sumter
What is the location for the beginning of the American Civil War?
100
Bull Run
What is another name for the Battle of Manassas?
100
conscription
What is another name for the draft?
100
disease, infection, malnutrion
What are the 3 greatest non-battle causes of death in the civil war?
200
Clara Barton
Who was the founder of the American Red Cross?
200
Richmond
What was the capital city of the Confederate States of America?
200
New Orleans
What was the city captured by David Farragut?
200
Anaconda Plan
What was President Lincoln's plan for winning the American Civil War?
200
Gettysburg Address
What is President Lincoln's famous speech in Pennsylvania?
300
George Meade
Who was the commander of Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
Antietam Creek
What was the location of the single worst day of fighting in U.S. military history?
300
Battle of Antietam
Which battle resulted in the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
war of attrition
What was the name for General Grant's plan for fighting until the South ran out of men, supplies and the will to fight?
300
American Red Cross
What organization was created by Clara Barton
400
George Pickett
Who was the Confederate officer at the Battle of Gettysburg who led the charge on the third day of fighting?
400
Mississippi River
What was the river located next to the town of Vicksburg, Mississippi?
400
Fredericksburg
What was the battle lost by General Ambrose Burnside after crossing an open field in Virginia?
400
total war
What means to destroy the enemies ability to fight by attacking civilian, economic and military targets?
400
Andersonville
What is the most famous Southern prisoner of war camp?
500
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Who was the Confederate general killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
500
Appomattox Courthouse
Where did the American Civil War end?
500
Fort Wagner
What was the battle that made the 54th Massachusetts Infantry famous?
500
habeas corpus
What is protection against unlawful imprisonment?
500
Army of Northern Virginia
What was the army commanded by General Robert E. Lee?
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