Peace Democrats from the north who did not want to free the slaves.
Who are Copperheads?
100
The battle that began the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run
100
Lincoln offered the border states what compromise prior to the enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is the Compensated Emancipation
100
Which side won the battle of Antietam?
What is the North?
100
What was the purpose of the Union blockade?
to close southern ports, which supplied the south's food, weapons, and all other necessities, excluding cotton.
200
The south proclaimed what as their war aim rather than maintaining slavery?
What is liberty?
200
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Antietam
200
Allowing blacks the right to fight in the Civil War went a long ways toward advancing what?
What is equal rights for all men
200
Which side won the battle of Bull Run?
What is the South
200
Why was the Civil War known as "A rich man's war and a poor man's fight"?
A drafted man could hire a substitute, but the cost soon rose to where only the wealthy could afford this.
300
Who insisted that a rebellion sustained by slavery in defense of slavery could be supressed only by striking against slavery?
Who is Frederick Douglas?
300
The battle in which Stonewall Jackson lost his arm due to friendly fire and died from pneumonia shortly after.
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville
300
Why did Congress enact equal pay for both black and white soldiers?
It was military necessity accompanied by growing pressures from abolitionists
300
Which side won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
What is the South?
300
Was the Civil War a poor man's fight or a rich man's fight?
Neither, it was an American War.
400
The first general who claimed slaves contrabands of war?
Who is General Butler
400
Pickett's Charge was associated with which battle?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
400
When did Congress enact equal pay for all Union soldiers?
When is 1864?
400
Who won the 9 month seige in Richmond, Virginia?
It was a stalemate...hahaha
400
How did the Civil War affect women?
It empowered them by gaining their independence and their voices in society. With the men going off to war, society had to accept the fact that a woman could do everything that a man could.
500
Why did Lincoln decide to enact the Emancipation Proclamation?
He deemed it a military necessity.
500
The Battle that tore the Confederacy in 2.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg
500
White men came around to what idea concerning blacks as combat soldiers?
They could stop bullets as good as white men could.
500
Which side won the battle of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor?
What is the South?
500
Why was the prisoner exchange suspended?
Lincoln was outraged at the South's treatment of men wearing the Union uniform (a.k.a. african americans)