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100

This was the First Major battle of the Civil War?

First Battle of Bull Run 

or

First Manassas

100

What STATE was added along side Missouri?

Maine

100

Who was General of the Union Army at the beginning of the Civil War, failure of the Peninsula Campaign and future presidential candidate?

George B. McClellan

100

Which part of the country had more railroads?

The North

100

What word means "to want to end Slavery"?

Abolition

200

What Battle saw Grant gain control of the Mississippi River?

The Battle of Vicksburg

200

Who was raided Harper's Ferry?

John Brown

200

Who is "Unconditional Surrender"?

General Ulysses S. Grant

200

What state seceded from the Union first?

South Carolina

200

What word means to "agree through mutual concession"?

Compromise

300

What did Ulysses S. Grant cut off during the Battle of Vicksburg?

Supply Lines

300
What fort was fired upon in the Charleston Harbor?

Fort Sumter

300
Who was the Confederate General during the Civil War?

General Robert E. Lee

300

How many total number of States seceded?

11

300

What mountain range splits Virginia from West Virginia?

Appalachian Mountains

400

What are the grooves inside the barrel of a firearm called?

Rifling

400

What TERRITORY was promised to be forever free under the Missouri Compromise?

The Louisiana Territory

400
Who was General of the Union army during the Battle of Gettysburg?

General George G. Meade

400

What line was meant to divide new Free and Slave states as part of the Missouri Compromise?

Missouri - Compromise Line

or

Mason-Dixon Line

400

Who saw the first shots fired in his front yard and had Robert E. Lee Surrender in his front parlor?

Wilmer McLean

500

What Union victory occurred just before Abraham Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation?

The Battle of Antietam

500

Name one candidate who ran in the Election of 1860 that was NOT Abraham Lincoln

John Bell

John C. Breckinridge

Stephen A. Douglas

500

What former US Vice President became a Confederate Officer during the Civil War?

John C. Breckinridge

500

What city was the Confederate capitol in?

Richmond, Virginia

500

Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?

Jefferson Davis

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