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The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War; September 1862; no clear victory for either side
What is the Battle of Antietam?
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This side wanted to fight a defensive war
What is the South?
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This side suffered greatly when Europe cut off trade with them
What is the South?
100
General Lee surrendered here on April 9, 1865
What is Appomattox Court House?
100
The Civil War took place during these years
What is 1861-1865?
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Three day battle that resulted in 50,000 soldier's deaths. Took place in Union territory. Union victory
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
The three parts of the North's war strategy
What is get Richmond, get the Mississippi, and blockade Southern ports?
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part of the Union battle plan; cut off food and weapon supplies to the South
What is a blockade?
200
Lead a march to the Sea, burning farms, land, Atlanta, and Columbia on his way
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman?
200
An order to move forward on Day 3 in the Battle of Gettysburg, cost thousands of lives and General Lee blamed himself
What is Pickett's Charge?
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Fought at the same time as Gettysburg; Along the Mississippi River; After a long siege the Confederacy surrendered
What is Vicksburg?
300
The document that freed slaves in states in rebellion with the Union; issued January 1, 1863
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
law that required all able bodied males between ages 20 and 45 to serve in the military if the were called; met with huge opposition on both sides
What is the draft law?
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Who served as chief of nurses for the Union, and became famous for her work reforming prisons and mental hospitals?

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Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War
Who is Robert E. Lee?
400
Early Civil War battle; Union was on its way to Richmond; Union retreat; Stonewall Jackson becomes famous
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
400
Lincoln gave this speech on November 19, 1863; He explained that the Civil War was a test of whether a democracy could survive
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
Lincoln suspended this during the riots in the North; it is the right to be charged or have a hearing before being jailed
What is habeas corpus?
400
The Union finally captured this city in April 1865
What is Richmond?
400

Who served as a nurse for the Union Army and founded the American Red Cross ?

Clara Barton

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Two battles; Both Confederate victories; Stonewall Jackson became famous and then mortally wounded after the second
What is Battle of Chancellorsville and Battle of Fredericksburg
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a military encirclement of an enemy position and blockading or bombarding it in order to force surrender
What is a siege?
500
Northerners who opposed using force to keep the South in the Union
What is Copperheads?
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He said; "The war is over, the rebels are our country men again," after the Confederate surrender
Who is Ulysses S.Grant?
500
The two battles that were fought in Union territory
What is the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Antietam?