The Union Navy defeated this city, the largest in the South, on their way to gaining control of the Mississippi.
What is New Orleans
100
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation end slavery?
What is the Confederate states (not the border states)
200
Union Navy Admiral who sailed up the Mississippi River capturing several cities to help the North gain control of the Mississippi River.
Who is David Farragut
200
Northerners that sympathized with the South and opposed abolition.
Who are copperheads?
200
Delaware
What is border
200
General Grant and the Union won this battle by cutting off the city from supplies and shelling it repeatedly.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg
200
How much did African American soldiers get paid compared to other soldiers?
What is $10 - $13
300
Commander of the Union's western campaign.
Who is U.S. Grant
300
This was a term for escaped slaves.
What is contrabands
300
Oregon
What is Union
300
This two day battle began when the Confederate army surprised Grant with an early morning attack. Both sides each suffered about 10,000 casualties each.
What is the Battle of Shiloh
300
In 1863, Congress approved a draft, or forced military service. Those drafted could buy their way out of it for how much money?
What is $300
400
Ran against Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election.
Who is George McClellan
400
This Union army regiment consisted mostly of free African Americans.
What is the 54th Massachusetts infantry.
400
Kentucky
What is border
400
What made it so hard to attack Vicksburg?
What is the geography of the land (elevation, 200 ft high cliffs, etc.)
400
How many African Americans fought for the Unioin during the Civil War (answer must be within 15,000)
What is 180,000
500
Established a small hospital in Richmond, Virginia that grew into a major army hospital. Was recognized by Jefferson Davis and named a captain in the Confederate army.
Who is Sally Tompkins
500
This is the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.
What is habeas corpus
500
Kansas
What is Union
500
The South received some help from this Native American tribe, who hoped to gain a greater amount of freedom by aiding them.
What is the Cherokee tribe
500
By how many votes did Lincoln win by in the 1864 election (within 20,000)? For a bonus 500, how many electoral votes did he get?