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Commander of all Union Armies, also nick named the "Butcher."
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
100
Abraham Lincoln's main goal at the start of the war.
What is to restore the Union?
100
This statement freed the slaves in Union occupied Confederate zones.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
100
This region's economy boomed during the war.
What is the North?
100
This called for a three-part assault on the Confederacy.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
200
His march across Georgia created a wide path of destruction, terrorized civilians, and destroyed the morale of white southerners.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
200
This was the one area that the South had an advantage over the North at the start of the war.
What is military leadership?
200
This formally abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
200
This was set up in the Union to improve hygienic conditions.
What is the US Sanitary Commission?
200
This battle was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.
What is Antietam?
300
This Confederate General surrendered on April 9, 1865 bringing an end to the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
300
This is the reason why Lincoln did not respond with force to the Confederate threat to attack Fort Sumter.
What is he did not want to anger Republicans and slave states still in the Union?
300
Clara Barton's role in the Civil War.
What is a nurse on the battlefield?
300
The three-part plan to destroy the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
300
The final surrender of the Confederate Army took place here.
What is Appomattox Court House?
400
This Confederate general earned his nickname by holding up well under stressful battle conditions.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
400
Early in the war, the Confederacy tried to gain support primarily from this nation.
What is England?
400
This person shot President Lincoln at Ford's theater.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
The soldier's diet consisted primarily of _____ in the North and ____ in the South.
What is hardtack and cush?
400
This three-day battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
500
This Union general spent more time preparing the Army of the Potomac for battle and less time actually leading the army into battle.
Who is George McClellan?
500
A Northern Democrat who supported peace with the South.
What is a copperhead?
500
Confederate troops shot to death more than 200 African-American prisoners as they pleaded for their lives.
What is Fort-Pillow?
500
This group of people had a higher mortality rate in the army.
Who are African Americans?
500
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech during the dedication of a cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?