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Battle won by the Union in 1863 where Robert E. Lee was pushed back from his attack into the north

Gettysburg 

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Year the Civil War ended 

1865

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Name of Lincoln's assassin 

John Wilkes Booth

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Time frame of Reconstruction 

1866-1877

200

This Confederate hero died of friendly fire during Chancellorsville 

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson 

200

What month and year did both Gettysburg and Vicksburg end

July, 1863

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The main reason behind Booth's hatred for Lincoln

Lincoln's support for African-American voting rights

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The president after Abraham Lincoln

Andrew Johnson 

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Fortress Town taken by Ulysses S. Grant on the Mississippi 

Vicksburg, Mississippi 

300

Approximate casualties there were in the American Civil War

About 750,000
300

What John Wilkes Booth allegedly shouted as he jumped onto the stage after shooting Lincoln

'Sic semper tyrannis!'

300

Constitutional Amendment granting citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

14th amendment 

400

Most famous cavalry officer of the western front for the confederates (hint: he was said to have "the funniest Confederate statue award" on the Oversimplify video) 

Nathan Bedford Forrest 

400

City William T. Sherman took, securing Lincoln's election 

Atlanta 

400

This part of the body John Wilkes Booth injured after the assassination 

His leg

400

Primary purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau

To assist former slaves and poor whites

500

Most famous cavalry officer of the Eastern front for the Confederates (hint: he was also with Robert E. Lee at Harpers Ferry) 

J.E.B. Stuart 

500

Where Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant negotiate terms of surrender for the Army of Northern Virginia

Appomattox Courthouse

500

John Wilkes Booth's initial plan before he decided to assassinate President Lincoln

To kidnap Lincoln and exchange him for Confederate prisoners

500

Amendment that gave voting rights to all male citizens, regardless of race


15th amendment 

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