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antebellum era
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Civil War
Reconstruction
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100
What year did the antebellum era come to an end?
What is 1861?
100
Who was President of the Confederate States of America?
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
Which battles proved that wooden ships would become obsolete?
What is the battle between the "Monitor" and the "Merrimac"?
100
What became the national motto for our nation?
What is "In God We Trust"?
100
The Louisiana general, P. G. T. Beauregard, was at which battle of the Civil War, starting the Civil War?
What is the battle of Fort Sumter?
200
What was the name AND Year of the compromise made to keep the number of representatives (of slave states and free states) equal?
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
200
Who led the military of the South?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
Where was the capital of the CSA?
Where is Richmond, Virginia?
200
Who experimented in "God's Little Workshop"? [Daily Double]
Who is George Washington Carver?
200
Who did Robert E. Lee say was his most valuable general?
Who is "Stonewall Jackson"?
300
What is the term meaning "to withdraw"--as in political states?
What is "secession"?
300
Who led the military of the North?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
What was the name of the [DAILY DOUBLE] North's plan to split and capture the South and its capital?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
Who helped restore the South to its prosperity by encouraging farmers to diversify their crops (that is, not just grow cotton only)?
Who is George Washington Carver?
300
Who shot/assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
Who is known for his paintings of the birds of North America?
Who is John James Audubon?
400
Who led the "March to the Sea"?
Who is William T. Sherman?
400
Who established the Red Cross?
Who is Clara Barton?
400
Who said, "Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work"?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
400
Which was the first state to secede?
What is South Carolina?
500
What crop became the most valuable crop $$$$$$$ grown in the South?
What is cotton?
500
Who built Tuskegee Institute?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
500
Where did Lee surrender to Grant? (State the town and state.)
Where is Appomattox, Virginia?
500
What do we call a person who was once a slave but set free?
What is a "freedman"?
500
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment?