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100

Who was the leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?

Robert Gould Shaw

100

What state first seceded from the Union?

South Carolina

100

What was the law passed that abolished slavery?

Emancipation Proclamation

100

What state did Robert E. Lee invade?

Pennsylvania

100

What was the North's plan called?

Anaconda Plan

200

Who was the president of the Union?

Abraham Lincoln

200

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

200

Who won the 1860 election?

Abraham Lincoln

200

What battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?

The Battle at Gettysburg

200

What was one of Abraham Lincoln's war strategies?

Preserve the Union

Keep Border states

Abolish Slavery

300

Who was the main Southern general?

Robert E. Lee

300

What place did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment volunteer to attack?

Fort Wagner, South Carolina

300

What did the Confederate Congress announce would happen to captured African American soldiers?

They would be sold back into slavery

300

The North gained control of what river after the Battle of Vicksburg?

Mississippi River

300

The South tried to encourage what continent to help them?

Europe

400

What Union general defeated Robert E. Lee causing the South to surrender?

Ulysses S. Grant

400

Where did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment have their first fight?

Charleston, South Carolina

400

What was the reason the Confederacy wanted to secede from the Union?

To keep slavery

400

How many men were killed during the Battle of Gettysburg?

More than 50,000

400

What was one strength of the South?

Psychological Advantage

Strong Military Tradition

Fighting on Familiar Ground

500

Who was the president of the South?

Jefferson Davis

500

What was the ORIGINAL capital for the confederacy?

Montgomery, Alabama

500

What was the law that allowed African Americans to fight in the Union army?

Militia Act

500

Close to the end of the war what place did Ulysses S. Grant try to retake?

Richmond, Virginia

500

What was the war strategy of the South?

Fight a long war and defend their territory rather than invade