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The president who was elected in 1860.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
100
The town in Pennsylvania where a 3 day battle was fought.
What is Gettysburg?
100
This event, which signaled the beginning of the war, started on April 12, 1861.
What is the bombing of Fort Sumter?
100
This teenager joined the 1st MN regiment a the age of 15.
Who was Charley Goddard?
100
President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after this battle:
What is Antietam/Sharpsburg?
200
The most important general for the Confederacy.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
200
The single bloodiest day in American history took place here.
What is Antietam?
200
The Civil War began in April of this year.
What is 1861?
200
This governor happened to be in Washington at the beginning of the war, and was the first to offer troops to fight for the union cause.
Who was Alexander Ramsey?
200
The Supreme Court handed down its decision about Dred Scott after the case had been in the courts for how many years?
What is eleven years?
300
The president of the Confederacy.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
300
The Union called this battle "Bull Run", but the Confederates called it by a different name.
What is Manassas?
300
Governor Ramsey offered troops to fight in the war in April of this year.
What is 1861?
300
This colonel let the charge of the 1st MN regiment at Gettysburg.
Who was William Colvill?
300
When men signed up to fight with the 1st Minnesota regiment, how long was their term of enlistment?
What is 90 days?
400
The man who was the main Union general at the beginning of the war.
Who was George McClellan?
400
The island fort that was bombarded by Southern forces in April, 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
400
George McClellan ran against Abraham Lincoln in the election of this year.
What is 1864?
400
This MN regiment liberated a family of slaves in Missouri.
What is the 9th Minnesota regiment?
400
This fraction of the population of Minnesota fought in the Civil War.
What is 1/8?
500
The main general for the Union who finally brought the war to an end.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
500
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at this place.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
500
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April of this year:
What is 1865?
500
Mary Todd was an important woman in Washington, married to this man.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
500
People who wanted to get rid of slavery were called this:
Who are abolitionists?
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