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Class Quotes
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Misc.
100

Why the South won many battles

They had the high ground

100

He waged Total War

William Tecumseh Sherman

100

By the end of the Civil War _____ made up about 10% of the Union Army

African Americans

100

There are many similarities between THESE TWO MEN'S assassinations

Lincoln & Kennedy

200
At the beginning of the Civil War, which side allowed African Americans to serve in their army

Neither

200

Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant

Appomattox Court House

200

What brand-new state broke away from the Confederacy to stay with the Union (North)

West Virginia 

200

One of the two countries the South hoped to gain support from during the Civil War

France or Britain

300

Turning point battle of the Civil War

Gettysburg

300

This helped Lincoln win re-election in the Election of 1864

Capture of Atlanta

300

Pickett's _____ was a huge loss for the South at Gettysburg and one of Lee's only mistakes during the war.

Charge

300

Of the 11 Confederate States, this one was the largest

Texas

400

_____ Jackson was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville

Stonewall

400

He shot Lincoln (his FULL NAME)

John Wilkes Booth

400

Who Lincoln made commander of the entire Union Army after his successful siege of Vicksburg

General Grant

400

Where Lincoln was when he was assassinated

Theater (Ford's)

500

Because of Grant's successful siege of Vicksburg, the Union was able to gain full control of THIS

Mississippi River

500

This officially ended slavery

13th Amendment

500

TRUE or FALSE     Grant's terms to the South after their surrender was very generous

TRUE

500

Your second-in-command during the Civil War Game

Colonel