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True/False
100
The President's title in his role as leader of all the nation's armed forces.
What is Commander-in-Chief
100
African - American regiment that became famous for leading the attack on Fort Wagner in South Carolina.
Who are the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers
100
Battle that took place in Pennsylvania in July 1863 that ended Lee's hopes for a Confederate victory in the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg
100
The ________________ ______________ was the document issued by President Lincoln, which stated that all slaves in Confederate-held lands were free.
Emancipation Proclamation
100
One of the economic changes that resulted from the Civil War was the increased wealth and prosperity of the South.
False - The South faced inflation and a strong economic downturn.
200
A military draft.
What is conscription
200
Confederate general who led the attack against the middle of the Union line on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863.
Who is George Pickett
200
William Tecumseh Sherman's push from Tennessee to Savannah, waging total war.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea
200
Located in Washington, D.C, ____________ __________ is the location where Lincoln was shot.
Ford's Theatre
200
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the United States.
False - only slaves within the Confederacy
300
Paper currency first issued by the federal government during the Civil War.
What are greenbacks
300
Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the South.
Who are the Copperheads
300
Failed Confederate assault on the Union lines on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is Pickett's Charge
300
The _____________ ____________ is the constitutional amendment that ended slavery.
Thirteenth Amendment
300
One political change that resulted from the Civil War was that the Federal government grew more powerful.
True
400
To approve a law.
What is ratify
400
Poet who wrote about the Civil War.
Who is Walt Whitman
400
Lincoln waited until after this battle to emancipate the slaves because the North was in a position of strength.
What is the Battle of Antietam
400
_____________ ________ ________ is the Virginia town where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war.
Appomattox Court House
400
Southerners forced slaves to fight in the Confederate army.
False - The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves who fled to the North and volunteered to fight for the Union.
500
Law that prevents the government from holding citizens without formal charges against them.
What is a writ of Habeas Corpus
500
Civil War nurse who later founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton
500
Grant's surrounding and cutting off delivery of food and supplies to the Confederacy's last major stronghold on the Mississippi.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg
500
President Lincoln was killed by _________ ________ _________, who was a strong Confederate supporter.
John Wilkes Booth
500
One of the most significant social changes that the Civil War brought about was that women were able to serve in the military.
False - Women become active in nursing